Jesco von Puttkamer: 1933-2012

Jesco von Puttkamer: 1933-2012

Jesco von Puttkamer, who began his NASA career in 1962, when he worked on Wernher von Braun's rocket team as an engineer at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., during the Apollo Program, has died, following a brief illness. He was 79.

Von Puttkamer most recently worked in the International Space Station Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington as a technical manager.