Maxime Faget

Maxime Faget
Born	Maxime Allen Faget (1921-08-26)August 26, 1921 Stann Creek Town, British Honduras (now Dangriga, Belize)
Died	October 9, 2004(2004-10-09) (aged 83) Houston, Texas, United States
Nationality	American
Other names	Max Faget
Alma mater	City College of San Francisco Louisiana State University, B.S. 1943
Occupation	Engineer
Known for	Designer of the Mercury capsule
Awards	ASME Medal (1975)

Maxime Allen "Max" Faget^[1][2] (pronounced fah-ZHAY; August 26, 1921 – October 9, 2004) was a Belizean-born American mechanical engineer. Faget was the designer of the Mercury spacecraft, and contributed to the later Gemini and Apollo spacecraft as well as the Space Shuttle.