Maxime A. Faget, a pioneer of America’s manned space program who put his stamp on the design and function of every spacecraft from Mercury through the space shuttle, has died. He was 83.

Maxime "Max" Faget, an intuitive engineer who became the chief architect of NASA's Mercury capsule and a key contributor to the design of three other manned spacecraft, has died. He was 83. Faget ...

Nearly a decade before the first Space Shuttle took flight, aerospace giant Rockwell—with influence from NASA’s legendary engineering titan Maxime Faget—sketched out stunning design studies ...

Maxime A. Faget, 83, a retired NASA aeronautical engineer whose innovative designs contributed greatly to manned spacecraft from Mercury to the space shuttle, died of cancer Oct. 10 at his home in ...

WASHINGTON — Maxime A. Faget, a pioneering engineer who worked on every American manned spacecraft from the Mercury capsule to the space shuttle, died Saturday, NASA announced Sunday. He was 83.

Maxime A. Faget, a pioneer of America’s manned space program who put his stamp on the design and function of every spacecraft from Mercury through the space shuttle, has died. He was 83.Mr ...

This first orbiter design was based heavily upon a concept done by the aforementioned aerospace genius Maxime Faget. Its straight-wing layout later proved to be impractical for reentry; ...

Maxime Faget, 2003 Inductee Space Capsule Design. Photo Contributed Leroy Grumman, 2003 Inductee, Retractable Landing Gear; Folding Wing ...

Confident.These are the words that several NASA Langley Research Center retirees used to describe Maxime Faget, an 83-year-old space pioneer who died at his home in Houston on Saturday, ...