Walter Thiel (March 2, 1910 - August 17, 1943) was a German engineer who largely designed the rocket engine that powered the V-2 missile. March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... A remote camera captures a close-up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi Spacecraft propulsion is used to change the velocity of spacecraft and artificial satellites, or in short, to provide delta-v. ... German test launch. ...

Thiel was born and grew up in Breslau. He studied materials engineering at the Technical University there and became intrigued by the potential of hypergolic fuels for rocketry. Wrocław. ... Hypergolic rocket fuels spontaneously ignite when their two components come into contact with each other. ...

He joined Wernher von Braun's team at Peenemünde in 1936 and provided the breakthrough that made the V-2 possible when he decided to use turbopumps to feed fuel into the rocket engine. Engine designs prior to this had relied on pressurization of the fuel tanks to drive the fuel out when a valve was opened. Thiel's refinement led to a ten-fold increase in power. With Klaus Riedel, Thiel also worked to refine the combustion chamber and nozzle design. Wernher von Braun stands at his desk in the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama in May 1964, with models of rockets developed and in progress. ... Peenemündes position in Germany Peenemünde is a village in the northeast of the German island of Usedom. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A turbopump can refer to either of two types of pump. ... Klaus Riedel (August 2, 1907 - August 4, 1944) was a German rocket pioneer. ... A combustion chamber is part of an engine in which fuel is burned. ... Rocket Nozzle A nozzle is a mechanical device designed to control the characteristics of a fluid flow as it exits from an enclosed chamber into some medium. ...

Thiel and his family were killed in the RAF air raid on Peenemünde on the night of 16-17 August 1943 (Operation Hydra). The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Strategic bombing is a military strategem used in a total war style campaign that attempts to destroy the economic ability of a nation-state to wage war. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...

Thiel crater on the Moon was named after him. Thiel is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. ... Bulk composition of the moons mantle and crust estimated, weight percent Oxygen 42. ...

See also

• V-2 Rocket
• Operation Hydra
• Home Army and V1 and V2