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Sigurd A. Sjoberg
Sigurd Arnold Sjoberg (September 2, 1919 — March 26, 2000) was the deputy director for the Manned Spacecraft Center from 1972 to 1979. Before his deputy director tenure, Sjoberg started his space career in 1942 with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. As a member of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory until the end of the 1950s, Sjoberg worked in aerodynamics and primarily conducted research. For his Flight operations team, flight operations career, Sjoberg joined the Langley Research Center and Space Task Group in 1959. After four years at Langley, Sjoberg was the deputy director for the MSC's flight operations department throughout the remainder of the 1960s. He also was the flight operations department's director from 1969 to 1972. While at NASA, Sjoberg worked on Project Mercury, Project Gemini and Project Apollo before leaving NASA in 1979. During the 1970s, some awards that Sjoberg received include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, NASA Distinguished ...
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Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the state's List of cities in Minnesota, most populous city. Located in the state's center near the eastern border, it occupies both banks of the Upper Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and the surrounding area are collectively known as the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities, a metropolitan area with 3.69 million residents. Minneapolis is built on an artesian aquifer on flat terrain and is known for cold, snowy winters and hot, humid summers. Nicknamed the "City of Lakes", Minneapolis is abundant in water, with list of lakes in Minneapolis, thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks, and waterfalls. The city's public park system is connected by the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway. Dakota people orig ...
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