Background
Heftman, Kurt was born on May 27, 1928 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1949. Son of Joe and Maria Antonie (Sator) Heftman.
Heftman, Kurt was born on May 27, 1928 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1949. Son of Joe and Maria Antonie (Sator) Heftman.
Bachelor, University Texas, Austin, 1958.
Operations specialist United States Air Force, Shanghai, China, 1945-1949. Senior engineer Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1959-1964, group supervisor California, 1964-1969, member senior technical staff California, 1969-1983. Director European Space Operations Centre of European Space Agency, Darmstadt, Federal Republic of Germany, since 1983.
Director operations European Space Agency, Paris, since 1983.
Master sergeant United States Air Force, 1949-1955. Member German Association for Air and Space Activities, American Youth Soccer Organization (Pasadena) (commissioner 1972-1974).
Married Dolores Maria Medrano, October 11, 1975. 1 child, Mark; children from previous marriage: Kathleen, Michael, David.