Von Kármán suggested that the most reasonable edge of space would be near where orbital forces exceed aerodynamic ones. And, opting for a nice, round altitude, he decided that 100 kilometers (62 ...

The line is named for Theodore von Kármán, an engineer and physicist who was born in Hungary in 1881. He became a prominent expert in rockets during World War II, and co-founded the United ...

Theodore von Karman at the Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA, 1950. (Image credit: Heritage Space/Heritage Images via Getty Images) ...

They were named after Theodore Von Karman, a co-founder of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, regarded by many as the outstanding aerodynamic theoretician of the twentieth century.

Where does Earth end and space start? The simple question doesn't have a simple answer. Is it the Karman line, 100km above Earth?

In the first-level restaurant of the Eiffel Tower, high above the rooftops of Paris, 200 guests gathered last week to honor a hero of aviation, Dr. Theodore von Karman, who had reached his 75th ...

Dr. Theodore von Karman, one of the world’s leading physicists and topmost aeronautical engineer, the son of a Jewish philosophy professor in Hungary, died last night at Aachen, near here.

Named after Hungarian-American physicist Theodore von Karman, the line represents the altitude where conventional aircraft can no longer rely on aerodynamic lift to stay aloft.