Wilber Brotherton Huston (October 2, 1912 – May 25, 2006) was an American scientist and

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mission director who coordinated seven satellite launches. He won the first Edison Scholarship Contest at the age of sixteen. Huston died in

Fountain Hills, Arizona Fountain Hills is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. Known for its impressive fountain, once the tallest in the world, it borders the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and Scottsdale. Th ...

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NASA people American aerospace engineers Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni Scientists from Detroit 1912 births 2006 deaths United States Army Air Forces soldiers United States Army personnel of World War II Lakeside School (Seattle) alumni 20th-century American engineers {{US-physicist-stub