What is Willy Ley?
{{Infobox person | name = Willy Ley | residence = | other_names = Robert Wiley | image = Willy Ley (1954) (cropped).jpg | caption = Ley in 1954 | birth_name = Willy Otto Oskar Ley | birth_date = {{birth date|1906|10|2}} | birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[German Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1969|6|24|1906|12|2}} | death_place = [[New York City]], U.S.<ref name=collection>{{cite web |title=Willy Ley Collection |work=National Air and Space Archives |publisher=NASM archives |url=http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/findaids/ley/ley_sec_1.html |format=PDF |access-date=2022-05-11 |archive-date=2012-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418090103/http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/findaids/ley/ley_sec_1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | known = | occupation = science writer and historian of science | party = | spouse = Olga | children = daughters [[Sandra Ley|Sandra]] and Xenia | footnotes = US citizen (1944)<br/>[[Worldcon#Guests of Honor|Worldcon Guest of Honor]] (1953) }} '''Willy Otto Oskar Ley''' (October 2, 1906 – June 24, 1969) was a [[German people|German]]-[[Americans|American]] [[science journalism|science writer]] and [[Aerospace engineering|rocket scientist]]. He was a known supporter of [[cryptozoology]]. The crater [[Ley (crater)|Ley]] on the [[Far side (Moon)|far side]] of the [[Moon]] is named in his honor. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ley, Willy}} [[Category:1906 births]] [[Category:1969 deaths]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:German historians]] [[Category:American historians]] [[Category:Writers from Berlin]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]] [[Category:Engineers from New York (state)]] [[Category:Scientists from New York City]] [[Category:German aerospace engineers]] {{US-bio-stub}}