Yvonne Brill

Yvonne Madelaine Brill was a Canadian American rocket and jet propulsion engineer. She is responsible for inventing the Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster (EHT/Resistojet), a fuel-efficient rocket thruster that keeps today’s satellites in orbit, and holds a patent for its invention.

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Who was born first?

• Yvonne Brill and James Black were born the same year
• Yvonne Brill and Humberto Fernández Morán were born the same year
• Yvonne Brill and Bette Nesmith Graham were born the same year
• Yvonne Brill and Christopher C. Kraft were born the same year
• Yvonne Brill was born 1 year before Simon van der Meer

Timeline

1. Bette Nesmith GrahamMarch 23, 1924 – May 12, 1980
2. Christopher C. KraftFebruary 28, 1924 – July 22, 2019
3. Humberto Fernández MoránFebruary 18, 1924 – March 17, 1999
4. James BlackJune 14, 1924 – March 21, 2010
5. Yvonne Brill (this page)December 30, 1924 – March 27, 2013
6. Simon van der MeerNovember 24, 1925 – March 4, 2011

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