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Jack Edward Froehlich (sometimes Froelich) (May 7, 1921 – November 1967) was an American aerospace engineer (rocket scientist).

He worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he was a project director for the Explorer 1 program.

Caltech's Jack E. Froehlich Memorial Award is named after him, as is the crater Froelich on the Moon.

References

1. "1958 Alpha". Time. February 10, 1958. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved 2007-07-31.
2. Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by The Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–185. Bibcode:1971SSRv...12..136M. doi:10.1007/BF00171763. S2CID 122125855.
3. Caltech Prizes and Awards Archived 2009-01-04 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Britt, Robert Roy (February 10, 2003). "Triumph and Tragedy: NASA's Five Decades of Bold Space Explorationl". Space.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved 2007-07-31.

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