Category:Herman Potočnik

**Herman Potočnik**
	Slovenian inventor (1892-1929)
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Date of birth	22 December 1892; Pula
Date of death	27 August 1929; Vienna
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	pneumonia;
Country of citizenship	Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Austria-Hungary;
Educated at	TU Wien;
Occupation	flight engineer; inventor; mechanical engineer; engineer; military officer;
Field of work	mechanical engineering; astronautics;
Work location	Austria-Hungary;
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Deutsch: Herman Potočnik (auch unter dem Pseudonym Hermann Noordung; * 22. Dezember 1892 in Pola (heute Pula/Kroatien); † 27. August 1929 in Wien) war ein Raumfahrttheoretiker. Er gilt als Pionier und Visionär der modernen Raumfahrt.

English: Herman Potočnik (pseudonym Hermann Noordung) (December 22, 1892 - August 27, 1929) was a Slovene rocket engineer and pioneer of cosmonautics (astronautics). He is chiefly remembered for his work addressing the long-term human habitation of space.