Heinz Gartmann
From The Space Library
 Heinz Gartmann (ca. 1954) | |
| Birth Name | Heinz Gartmann |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Germany |
| Occupation | Engineer, Author |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Notable Works | The Men Behind The Space Rockets |
Heinz Gartmann was a German engineer who worked on early rocket development at BMW during World War II. After the war he worked at Wright Field in Ohio as a research assistant. He returned to Germany where he co-founded the GfW with H.H. Koelle and became publisher of the society journal Weltraumfahrt. He was instrumental in the creation of the International Astronautical Federation. Along with Heinz Hermann Koelle Gartmann arranged the first International Astronautical Congress at the Sorbonne in Paris France in 1950. Gartmann was unable to attend as he was denied an entry visa by the French authorities. In 1949 he contributed an article to Koelle's magazine Weltluftfahrt Air World in which he outlined a design for an Aussenstation or a space station, which used a rotating arm to provide artificial gravity for the crew. In 1956 his book The Men Behind The Space Rockets was published in English by the David McKay Company of New York. The book related biographical information on Konstantin Tsiolkovski, Robert H. Goddard, Hermann Oberth, Max Valier, Eugen Sanger, Wernher von Braun, Hermann Ganswindt and Gartmann's mentor at BMW, Helmut Philip von Zborowski.
