Broglio Credit - NASA

Personal: Male. Born in Italy.

Luigi Broglio was chairman of the Italian National Committee on Space Research. He was also a professor at the Aeronautical Engineering School of the University of Rome ''La Sapienza''. He conceived and directed the San Marco Project, a cooperative space initiative between Italy and the U.S. The Italian San Marco space launch facility in Africa was also completed under his direction.

• Launius, Roger D, NASA Chief Historian, NASA History Office Home Page, . Accessed at: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/index.html.