On This Day In Alabama History: Sonny Morea Inducted Into Aviation Hall Of Fame
By Graydon Rust
Alabama 200
August 27, 2016
Scientist and aviator Sonny Morea was inducted into the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame. A native of New York, Morea worked as a scientist under Dr. Werner von Braun at the U.S. Army’s Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville. While at Redstone and later at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Morea worked in the field of rocket propulsion. He developed the most powerful liquid rocket engine ever made with the F-1 engine, redesigned the J-2 engine that would send astronauts to the moon, and developed the lunar roving vehicle that astronauts used to move around the surface of the moon. Morea received the NASA Exceptional Service Medal on two occasions.
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