Wernher von Braun

1912–1977. Rocket developer. First director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Retired in 1972.

  • Documents
    •   Wernher Von Braun's Letter to Vice President L. Johnson about how to beat the Soviets in space race (April 29, 1961)   Concluding Remarks by Dr. Wernher von Braun about Mode Selection for the Lunar Landing Program (June 7, 1962)
  • Articles and Books
    •   Wernher von Braun's articles about the conquest of space published on Collier's magazine (1952-1954)   Chapter: 3, "Saturn the Giant. Building the boosters to send men beyond Earth" by Wernher von Braun, from Edgar M. Cortright (ed.), Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, NASA SP-350, 1975 - HTML - online
  • Photos
    •   Wernher Von Braun photographs at Dan Beaumont Space Museum on flickr
  • Wernher Von Braun in Walt Disney's films (1955-1957)
    •   Man in Space (1955)   Man and the Moon (1955)   Mars and Beyond (1957)
  • Interviews, documentaries and other videos
    •   Challenge of Outer Space (1955)   Wernher Von Braun: From the Nazis to NASA (1999)   Wernher von Braun: The Rocket Man (2009)   Missile to moon (2012)
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