Gary Flandro
Gary Flandro | |
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Flandro in 2017 | |
| Born | Gary Arnold Flandro March 30, 1934 |
| Alma mater | University of Utah (BS 1957) Caltech (MSc 1960, PhD 1967) |
| Known for | The Grand Tour program |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | aerospace engineering |
| Institutions | University of Tennessee Space Institute Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories |
| Thesis | Rotating Flows in Acoustically Unstable Rocket Motors (1967) |
| Doctoral advisors | Frank E. Marble, Fred E. Culick |
Gary Arnold Flandro (born March 30, 1934, in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American aerospace engineer, best known for the discovery of planetary alignment of outer planets that made possible the Voyager program. He is the professor for the Boling Chair of Excellence in Space Propulsion (Emeritus) at the University of Tennessee Space Institute, and the Vice President and Chief Engineer for Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories.