{"id":3512,"date":"2020-04-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=3512"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:12:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:12:56","slug":"richard-passman-aeronautical-engineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=3512","title":{"rendered":"Richard Passman, aeronautical engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Richard Passman \u2011 an aeronautical engineer and space scientist from the United States \u2013 succumbed to Covid-19 virus on April 1, 2020.<\/p>\n

He worked on projects including the Corona, the first spy satellite. He was a volunteer in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and author.<\/p>\n

Passman was born in Cedarhurst, New York to Ethel and Matthew Passman. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in aeronautical engineering in 1944 and mathematics in 1946. He earned a master’s in aeronautical engineering in 1947. He joined the Navy Pilot Training program during WWII, but was discharged for medical reasons.<\/p>\n

He worked for Bell Aircraft, General Electric, the U.S. Department of Energy, and Grumman Corp.<\/p>\n

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Passman worked on the team that created Bell X-1, the first airplane to exceed the speed of sound and served as the Chief Aerodynamicist for Bell X-2, the first plane to break mach-3. He also worked on the Corona, the spy satellite that informed the U.S. of Russian nuclear power.<\/p>\n

Passman’s work also included the Nimbus weather satellite and the SNAP-27 system for Apollo missions to the moon. He served as manager of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory project before it was terminated by President Nixon.<\/p>\n

He co-authored X-15: The World\u2019s Fastest Rocket Plan and the Pilots who Ushered In the Space Age in 2014.<\/p>\n

He was named to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Wall of Honor.<\/p>\n

He was married to Minna for 70 years. They had three sons and lived in Silver Spring, Maryland at the time of his death. Passman died of complications of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n

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