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Wernher, Johann Balthasar Freiherr von

Wernher, Johann Balthasar Freiherr von

Stecher: Mentzel, Johann Georg (1677) Public domain photograph of portrait print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wernher, Johann Balthasar Freiherr von

Wernher, Johann Balthasar Freiherr von

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Wernher, Johann Balthasar Freiherr von

Wernher, Johann Balthasar Freiherr von

unbekannter Künstler Datierung: 1701 / 1733 Public domain scan of German 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Albuminscriptie / van Wernher Konig, voor Philippus Anshelm

Albuminscriptie / van Wernher Konig, voor Philippus Anshelm

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Wernher, Johann Balthasar Freiherr von

Wernher, Johann Balthasar Freiherr von

Verleger: Ludwig, Christian Gottlieb Stecher: Krügner, Johann Gottfried (der Ältere) Verlagsort: Wittenberg Lutherstadt

Wernher von Braun. Herman Oberth's Kegelduese liquid rocket engine being certified.

Wernher von Braun. Herman Oberth's Kegelduese liquid rocket engine bei...

Dr. von Braun was among a famous group of rocket experimenters in Germany in the 1930s. This photograph is believed to be made on the occasion of Herman Oberth's Kegelduese liquid rocket engine being certified ... More

Ground Breaking Ceremony for the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) Building. (L-R) Lieutenant General (LGEN) Joseph M. Cosumano Jr., Commanding General, Army Space and Missile Command (USASMDC), Major General (MGEN) Julian A. Sullivan, Jr., Commanding General, US Army Aviation and Missile Command (USAAMC), Congressman Robert E. (Bud) Crammer of Alabama, Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, Dr. Earnst Stuhlinger, who worked with Dr. Wernher Von Braun after WWII, and Senator Richard C. Shelby of Alabama

Ground Breaking Ceremony for the US Army Space and Missile Defense Com...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Redstone Arsenal State: Alabama (AL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Dorothy A. Moore, CIV Release Status: Releas... More

Ground Breaking Ceremony for US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) Building, Lieutenant General (LGEN) Joseph M. Cosumano Jr., Commanding General, Army Space and Missile Command (USASMDC) and Dr. Earnst Stuhlinger, who worked with Dr. Wernher Von Braun after WWII

Ground Breaking Ceremony for US Army Space and Missile Defense Command...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Redstone Arsenal State: Alabama (AL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Dorothy A. Moore,CIV Release Status: Release... More

Wernher von Braun, NASA history collection

Wernher von Braun, NASA history collection

Dr. Wernher von Braun surrenders to U.S. Army Counterintelligence persornel of the 44th Infantry Division in Ruette, Bavaria on May 2, 1945. Left to right are Charles Stewart, CIC agent; Dr. Herbert Axster; Die... More

Wernher von Braun, NASA history collection

Wernher von Braun, NASA history collection

Dr. von Braun is looking out from a 10th floor window of building 4200 at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). He was the first Center Director and served as the Director from July 1960 through February 197... More

Wernher von Braun, NASA history collection

Wernher von Braun, NASA history collection

Dr. von Braun stands beside a model of the upper stage (Earth-returnable stage) of the three-stage launch vehicle built for the series of the motion picture productions of space flight produced by Walt Disney i... More

The first Redstone was fired at Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 20, 1953. Redstone was the first major rocket development program for United States by the Peenemuende group led by Dr. Wernher von Braun. The Redstone launch photographed here, from November 17, 1954, was the fifth launch of a Redstone rocket. n/a

The first Redstone was fired at Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 20, ...

The first Redstone was fired at Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 20, 1953. Redstone was the first major rocket development program for United States by the Peenemuende group led by Dr. Wernher von Braun. The R... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Marshall Center Director Dr. Wernher Von Braun is pictured with Walt Disney during a visit to the Marshall Space Flight Center in 1954. In the 1950s, Dr. Von Braun while working in California on the Saturn proj... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Dr. Wernher von Braun (center), then Chief of the Guided Missile Development Division at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, discusses a "bottle suit" model with Dr. Heinz Haber (left), an expert on aviation medicine, a... More

Wernher von Braun. NASA public domain image colelction.

Wernher von Braun. NASA public domain image colelction.

The members of the Peenemuende team and their family members were awarded the United States citizenship on April 14, 1955. Pictured here is Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger (middle) and Dr. Wernher von Braun signing U.S. c... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Dr. von Braun and Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger at the Observatory of the Rocket City Astronomical Association in 1956.

Wernher von Braun in Huntsville, AL

Wernher von Braun in Huntsville, AL

This snapshot, dated November 1957, shows Dr. von Braun in downtown Huntsville, Alabama.

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Dr. James Pickering, Dr. James van Allen of the State University of Iowa, and Army Ballistic missionile Agency Technical Director Dr. Wernher von Braun triumphantly display a ... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Dr. von Braun inside the blockhouse during the launch of the Jupiter C/Explorer III in March 1958.

NASA Wernher von Braun, Army ballistic missile agency

NASA Wernher von Braun, Army ballistic missile agency

Professor Hermann Oberth and Dr. von Braun are briefed on satellite orbits by Dr. Charles A. Lundquist at Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama.

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

This photograph of Dr. von Braun, shown here to the left of General Bruce Medaris, was taken in the fall of 1959, immediately prior to Medaris' retirement from the Army. At the time, von Braun and his associate... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

In this picture, Dr. Wernher von Braun, who was serving as Director of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency's (ABMA) Development Operations Division, is shown posed with his Mercedes 220SE automobile in front of R... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

In this photo, Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency's (ABMA) Development Operations Division, is shown briefing the seven original Mercury astronauts in ABMA's Fabrication L... More

NASA Wernher von Braun, Army ballistic missile agency

NASA Wernher von Braun, Army ballistic missile agency

Five of the seven original astronauts are seen with Dr. von Braun inspecting the Mercury-Redstone hardware in the Fabrication Laboratory of Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) in 1959. Left to right: Astronaut... More

NASA Wernher von Braun, Army ballistic missile agency

NASA Wernher von Braun, Army ballistic missile agency

Marshall Space Flight Center Director Wernher von Braun presents General J.B. Medaris with a new golf bag. General Medaris, (left) was a Commander of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) in Redstone Arsenal... More

NASA Wernher von Braun, Army ballistic missile agency

NASA Wernher von Braun, Army ballistic missile agency

Marshall Space Flight Center Director Wernher von Braun presents General J.B. Medaris with a new golf bag. General Medaris, (left) was a Commander of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) in Redstone Arsenal... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

In this 1959 photo, taken at Cape Canaveral, Florida, Dr. von Braun (2nd from left) Director of the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency's (ABMA) Development Operations Division, is shown conferring with Air Forc... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Dr. von Braun received a federal civilian service award from President Dwight Eisenhower on January 21, 1959.

NASA Wernher von Braun, Army ballistic missile agency

NASA Wernher von Braun, Army ballistic missile agency

In this photo, (left to right) Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) Missile Firing Laboratory Chief Dr. Kurt Debus, Director of the ABMA Development Operations Division, Dr. von Braun and an unidentified indivi... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

In this photo, Director of the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency's (ABMA) Development Operations Division, Dr. Wernher von Braun, and Director of Missile Firing Division, Dr. Kurt Debus, are shown with unident... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Dr. von Braun on the telephone prior to the launch of the Pioneer IV, March 1, 1959.

NASA Wernher von Braun, Army ballistic missile agency

NASA Wernher von Braun, Army ballistic missile agency

This photograph shows Dr. von Braun, second from the left, in the blockhouse at the Florida launch facilities on March 3, 1959. He and others gathered for the launch of the Pioneer IV satellite. On the left of ... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Dr. von Braun at the launch control room during the Pioneer IV launch, March 3, 1959.

NASA Wernher von Braun, Army ballistic missile agency

NASA Wernher von Braun, Army ballistic missile agency

Dr. von Braun, Director of the Development Operations Divisons, and Dr. Debus, Director of the Missile Firing Laboratory; Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA), in the blockhouse during the launch of the Pioneer... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency's (ABMA) Development Operations Division, talks to Huntsville Mayor R. B. "Speck" Searcy, center, and Army Ordnance Missile Command (ARM... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency's (ABMA) Development Operations Division, rides with his two daughters, Margrit and Iris, in a parade in downtown Huntsville, Alabama, M... More

Wernher von Braun in the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA)

Wernher von Braun in the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA)

This photograph was taken in 1960 and shows Dr. von Braun, left, and Secretary of the Army, Wilbur Brucker in the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) Fabrication Laboratory.

Wernher von Braun viewing a parade with Major General John Barclay

Wernher von Braun viewing a parade with Major General John Barclay

This photograph was taken about 1960 and shows Dr. von Braun viewing a parade with Major General John Barclay.

Wernher von Braun at his desk with moon lander in background

Wernher von Braun at his desk with moon lander in background

Photo of Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Director Dr. Wernher von Braun at his desk with moon lander in background and rocket models on his desk. Dr. von Braun served as Marshall's first director from 1960 ... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

A pioneer of America's space program, Dr. von Braun stands by the five F-1 engines of the Saturn V launch vehicle. This Saturn V vehicle is an actual test vehicle which has been displayed at the U.S. Space Rock... More

Wernher von Braun looks at a model of the Saturn I launch complex

Wernher von Braun looks at a model of the Saturn I launch complex

Dr. von Braun and Don Ostrander, head of the Launch Vehicle Program of the NASA Headquarters look at a model of the Saturn I launch complex 34.

Wernher von Braun conducting a tour briefing for a group of visitors

Wernher von Braun conducting a tour briefing for a group of visitors

This updated photograph shows Dr. von Braun conducting a tour briefing for a group of visitors to the Marshall Space Flight Center. The photograph was probably taken in the early 1960s.

Wernher von Braun in the launch control facilities at the Kennedy Space Center

Wernher von Braun in the launch control facilities at the Kennedy Spac...

This photograph is not dated. It was probably taken in the late 1960s. Dr. von Braun appears to be in the launch control facilities at the Kennedy Space Center.

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Dr. Wernher von Braun served as Marshall Space Flight Center's first director from July 1, 1960 until January 27, 1970, when he was appointed NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Plarning. Following World Wa... More

Wernher von Braun standing before a display of Army missiles celebrating ABMA's Fourth Open House

Wernher von Braun standing before a display of Army missiles celebrati...

In this photo, Director of the US Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) Development Operations Division, Dr. Wernher von Braun, is standing before a display of Army missiles celebrating ABMA's Fourth Open House.... More

Wernher von Braun with a young boy looking at a space-related exhibit

Wernher von Braun with a young boy looking at a space-related exhibit

Dr. von Braun always promoted an increased emphasis on education in American culture. He is shown in this photograph with a young boy looking at a space-related exhibit.

Wernher von Braun with a correspondent for CBS News

Wernher von Braun with a correspondent for CBS News

This is a photograph, probably from the early 1960s, that shows Dr. von Braun, right, with a correspondent for CBS News. The correspondent is believed to be Nelson Benton. The two men are standing in front of a... More

Wernher von Braun in front of a Saturn rocket hardware transporter

Wernher von Braun in front of a Saturn rocket hardware transporter

This is a photograph of Dr. von Braun in front of a Saturn rocket hardware transporter. He appears to be addressing a group. Behind him are workers and other NASA officials. There is no date on the photograph. ... More

Wernher von Braun during a visit to McDonnell Aircraft to inspect Mercury spacecraft manufacturing

Wernher von Braun during a visit to McDonnell Aircraft to inspect Merc...

In this undated photograph, Dr. von Braun is shown during a visit to McDonnell Aircraft to inspect Mercury spacecraft manufacturing.

Wernher von Braun at the Douglas Aircraft Company's Missile Space Systems Division

Wernher von Braun at the Douglas Aircraft Company's Missile Space Syst...

This photograph is believed to have been taken in the early 1960s and shows Dr. von Braun at the Douglas Aircraft Company's Missile Space Systems Division in Sacramento, California.

Wernher von Braun views a demonstration of a simulated spacecraft

Wernher von Braun views a demonstration of a simulated spacecraft

Edward O. Buckbee, the first Director of the Alabama Space Science Center (left), and Dr. Wernher von Braun (right) view a demonstration of a simulated spacecraft which uses an actual hybrid rocket engine for l... More

NASA officials, (left to right) Charles W. Mathews; Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC); Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Marned Space Flight; and Air Force Lt. General Samuel C. Phillips, Apollo Program Director celebrate the successful launch of Apollo 11 in the control room at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on July 16, 1969. Boosted by the Saturn V launch vehicle, the Apollo 11 mission with a crew of three: Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. Aldrin, made the first manned lunar landing. The Saturn V vehicle was developed by Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) under the direction of Dr. von Braun. n/a

NASA officials, (left to right) Charles W. Mathews; Dr. Wernher von Br...

NASA officials, (left to right) Charles W. Mathews; Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC); Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Marned Space Flight; and Air Force Lt... More

Wernher von Braun briefs President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Wernher von Braun briefs President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dr. von Braun briefs President Eisenhower at the front of the S1 Stage (first Stage) of the Saturn 1 vehicle at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on September 8, 1960. The President's visit was to dedicat... More

Wernher von Braun and President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Wernher von Braun and President Dwight D. Eisenhower

On September 8, 1960 President Dwight D. Eisenhower visited Huntsville, Alabama to dedicate a new NASA field center in honor of General George C. Marshall, Eisenhower's wartime colleague and the founder of the ... More

Wernher von Braun with President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Wernher von Braun with President Dwight D. Eisenhower

President Dwight D. Eisenhower and MSFC Director Dr. Wernher von Braun share a joke as other dignitaries look on. Eisenhower was visiting Marshall to participate in the September 8, 1960 dedication ceremony.

Wernher von Braun in his office

Wernher von Braun in his office

Dr. Wernher von Braun, Marshall's first Center Director (1960-1970), in his office with illustrations of rocket models behind him.

Wernher von Braun with general. NASA public domain image colelction.

Wernher von Braun with general. NASA public domain image colelction.

Marshall Space Flight Center’s (MSFC) Director, Dr. Wernher von Braun, is pictured here with Army Ballistic Missile Agency’s (ABMA) Commanding General, J.B. Medaris, before a display of Army missles at the ABMA test lab.

Wernher von Braun with members of his management team

Wernher von Braun with members of his management team

Dr. von Braun is shown in this photograph, which was probably taken in the early 1960s, with members of his management team. Pictured from left to right are, Werner Kuers, Director of the Manufacturing Engineer... More

Wernher von Braun visiting North American Aviation's Space and Information Systems Division

Wernher von Braun visiting North American Aviation's Space and Informa...

This is a photograph of Dr. von Braun, taken in 1961, visiting North American Aviation's Space and Information Systems Division in Downey, California.

Wernher von Braun in Marshall Space Flight Center

Wernher von Braun in Marshall Space Flight Center

During his tenure as Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. von Braun enjoyed personally touring the Center's many space-related laboratories and facilities. This photo taken about 1961 shows ... More

Wernher von Braun skin diving in Puerto Rico

Wernher von Braun skin diving in Puerto Rico

Dr. Wernher von Braun, Marshall's first Center Director (1960-1970), skin diving in Puerto Rico.

Wernher von Braun tried out a floating platform in the Marshall Space Flight Center

Wernher von Braun tried out a floating platform in the Marshall Space ...

Dr. von Braun tried out a floating platform in the Marshall Space Flight Center Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory. This was a test rig to help determine how future astronauts will be able to perform maintena... More

Wernher von Braun and Alabama Congressman Robert Jones

Wernher von Braun and Alabama Congressman Robert Jones

This 1961 photograph shows Dr. von Braun and Alabama Congressman Robert Jones before a huge map illustrating the layout for a Research Institute at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Wernher von Braun during his appearance before the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences

Wernher von Braun during his appearance before the Senate Committee on...

Dr. von Braun, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center, spoke of the progress in the Saturn Program during his appearance before the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences. He was accompanied ... More

Wernher von Braun and Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper

Wernher von Braun and Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper

Photographed are Dr. von Braun and Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper in the blockhouse during the recovery operation of the MR-3 (Freedom 7) mission on May 5, 1961. The MR-3 mission, a 15-1/2-minute suborbital test fl... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

This is a photograph of a group of government officials touring the Marshall Space Flight Center in July 1961 with Dr. von Braun. Second from left is Alabama Congressman Robert Jones.

Wernher von Braun during his visit to the Huntsville Boy's Club

Wernher von Braun during his visit to the Huntsville Boy's Club

Dr. Wernher von Braun during his visit to the Huntsville Boy's Club on August 14, 1961.

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), teams up with Senator Robert S. Kerr, a chairman of the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences to break ground for MSFC's new... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Dr. Wernher von Braun holds the coveted Hermarn Oberth award presented to him by Professor Oberth during the banquet hosted by the Alabama Section of the American Rocket Society (ARS), on October 19, 1961. The ... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Dr. von Braun watches the Saturn 1 (SA-1) launch through a scope from the blockhouse 34 on October 27, 1961. The SA-1 was the first launch of Saturn launch vehicles developed at the Marshall Space Flight Center... More

Dr. Kurt H. Debus, Kennedy Space Center's First Director: A doctor of philosophy in engineering from Darmstadt University, Debus was selected by Dr. Wernher von Braun to direct the Experimental Missile Firing Branch which began launching missiles from Cape Canaveral in 1953.  Dr. Debus became the first Center Director for the new independent Launch Operations Center, and it was his job to put Saturn/Apollo into space.  His tenure at Kennedy Space Center spanned 13 years, from 1962 to 1974.       Poster designed by Kennedy Space Center Graphics Department/Greg Lee. Credit: NASA KSC-2012-1850

Dr. Kurt H. Debus, Kennedy Space Center's First Director: A doctor of ...

Dr. Kurt H. Debus, Kennedy Space Center's First Director: A doctor of philosophy in engineering from Darmstadt University, Debus was selected by Dr. Wernher von Braun to direct the Experimental Missile Firing B... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), during his tour of the Space information Division of North American Aviation (NAA) in Downey, California, where the Saturn SII stage w... More

The members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on March 9, 1962 to gather firsthand information of the nation's space exploration program. The congressional group was composed of members of the Subcommittee on Manned Space Flight. They were briefed on MSFC's manned space efforts earlier in the day and then inspected mockups of the Saturn I Workshop and the Apollo Telescope Mount, two projects developed by MSFC for the post-Apollo program. Pictured left-to-right are Dieter Grau, MSFC; Konrad Dannenberg, MSFC; James G. Fulton, Republican representative for Pennsylvania; Joe Waggoner, Democratic representative for Louisiana; and Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of MSFC. n/a

The members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited...

The members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on March 9, 1962 to gather firsthand information of the nation's space exploration program. The con... More

Wernher von Braun - The members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited the Marshall Space Flight Center

Wernher von Braun - The members of the House Committee on Science and ...

The members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on March 9, 1962 to gather first-hand information of the nation's space exploration program. The co... More

Wernher von Braun -  The members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited the Marshall Space Flight Center

Wernher von Braun - The members of the House Committee on Science and...

The members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on March 9, 1962 to gather first-hand information of the nation's space exploration program. The co... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Dr. von Braun's 50th Birthday Party was celebrated at the Officers Club at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama on March 23, 1962. Dr. von Braun cuts his birthday cake, while congressman Bob Jones looks on.

Wernher von Braun with Mr. Mrs. Arthur Fiedler of the Boston Pops Orchestra

Wernher von Braun with Mr. Mrs. Arthur Fiedler of the Boston Pops Orch...

Mr. Mrs. Arthur Fiedler of the Boston Pops Orchestra and Dr. von Braun in his office during the Fiedlers' visit to the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on March, 23, 1962.

Wernher von Braun - during prelaunch activities of the Ranger IV

Wernher von Braun - during prelaunch activities of the Ranger IV

Dr. Kurt Debus and Dr. von Braun during prelaunch activities of the Ranger IV at Launch Pad 12 on April 12. 1962.

Wernher von Braun and Astronaut John Glenn

Wernher von Braun and Astronaut John Glenn

Dr. von Braun (right) and Astronaut John Glenn examine a model of a lunar landing stage during a talk on the manned lunar exploration program by about sixty key officials of the nation's space program at the Ma... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Dr. von Braun in his office with models of rockets, April 20, 1962. Dr. von Braun was the director of the Marshall Space Flight Center from July 1960 through February 1970.

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

NASA officials from Headquarters and the astronauts often met with Dr. von Braun in Huntsville, Alabama. This photograph was taken in September 1962 during one such visit. From left to right are Elliot See, Tom... More

Wernher von Braun explains a detail from a Saturn IB mockup

Wernher von Braun explains a detail from a Saturn IB mockup

Marshall Space Flight Center Director Dr. Wernher von Braun explains a detail from a Saturn IB mockup and engine to President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon Johnson and other guests, September 11, 1962.

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

This is a photograph of Dr. von Braun greeting President Kennedy upon his arrival at the Marshall Space Flight Center on September 12, 1962.

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Marshall Space Flight Center Director Dr. Wernher von Braun at the Redstone Arsenal Airfield, September 11, 1962. Kennedy and Johnson visited the ... More

Wernher von Braun briefs Astronaut John Glenn

Wernher von Braun briefs Astronaut John Glenn

Dr. von Braun briefs Astronaut John Glenn in the control room of the Vehicle Test Section, Quality Assurance Division, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), November 28, 1962.

Wernher von Braun and Alabama Governor, John Patterson

Wernher von Braun and Alabama Governor, John Patterson

Dr. von Braun, Major General Francis McMorrow, and Alabama Governor, John Patterson (far left) participated in the ground breaking ceremony for the University of Alabama Research Institute in Huntsville, Decemb... More

Wernher von Braun with Associate Administrator Robert Seamans

Wernher von Braun with Associate Administrator Robert Seamans

A group of NASA officials, headed by Associate Administrator Robert Seamans, toured the Marshall Space Flight Center with Dr. von Braun in 1963.

Wernher von Braun with the front page of the Huntsville Times arnouncing the launch of Explorer I

Wernher von Braun with the front page of the Huntsville Times arnounci...

Dr. von Braun is presented with the front page of the Huntsville Times arnouncing the launch of Explorer I, the first U.S. Earth satellite, which was boosted by the Jupiter-C launch vehicle developed by Army Ba... More

Wernher von Braun and Professor Hermann Oberth

Wernher von Braun and Professor Hermann Oberth

Dr. von Braun and Professor Hermann Oberth are honored by the Berlin Technical University. Both received honorary doctorates on January 8, 1963.

Wernher von Braun took a supersonic flight in the T-38

Wernher von Braun took a supersonic flight in the T-38

Dr. von Braun took a supersonic flight in the T-38 at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

Maria von Braun, wife of Wernher von Braun

Maria von Braun, wife of Wernher von Braun

This is a portrait of Maria von Braun, wife of the famous Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) director Wernher von Braun. Her husband, Wernher, who led America to the Moon, served as MSFC’s first director fro... More

Wernher von Braun and Dr. Debus, Director of the Launch Operations Center

Wernher von Braun and Dr. Debus, Director of the Launch Operations Cen...

Dr. von Braun, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), and Dr. Debus, Director of the Launch Operations Center, at Complex 34 prior to the Launch of the SA-4 (the fourth flight of Saturn I), March ... More

The Saturn I (SA-4) flight lifted off from Kennedy Space Center launch Complex 34, March 28, 1963. The fourth launch of Saturn launch vehicles, developed at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) under the direction of Dr. Wernher von Braun, incorporated a Saturn I, Block I engine. The typical height of a Block I vehicle was approximately 163 feet and had only one live stage. It consisted of eight tanks, each 70 inches in diameter, clustered around a central tank, 105 inches in diameter. Four of the external tanks were fuel tanks for the RP-1 (kerosene) fuel. The other four, spaced alternately with the fuel tanks, were liquid oxygen tanks as was the large center tank. All fuel tanks and liquid oxygen tanks drained at the same rates respectively. The thrust for the stage came from eight H-1 engines, each producing a thrust of 165,000 pounds, for a total thrust of over 1,300,000 pounds. The engines were arranged in a double pattern.  Four engines, located inboard, were fixed in a square pattern around the stage axis and canted outward slightly, while the remaining four engines were located outboard in a larger square pattern offset 40 degrees from the inner pattern. Unlike the inner engines, each outer engine was gimbaled. That is, each could be swung through an arc. They were gimbaled as a means of steering the rocket, by letting the instrumentation of the rocket correct any deviations of its powered trajectory. The block I required engine gimabling as the only method of guiding and stabilizing the rocket through the lower atmosphere. The upper stages of the Block I rocket reflected the three-stage configuration of the Saturn I vehicle. Like SA-3, the SA-4 flight’s upper stage ejected 113,560 liters (30,000 gallons) of ballast water in the upper atmosphere for "Project Highwater" physics experiment. Release of this vast quantity of water in a near-space environment marked the second purely scientific large-scale experiment. The SA-4 was the last Block I rocket launch. n/a

The Saturn I (SA-4) flight lifted off from Kennedy Space Center launch...

The Saturn I (SA-4) flight lifted off from Kennedy Space Center launch Complex 34, March 28, 1963. The fourth launch of Saturn launch vehicles, developed at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) under the dir... More

The Saturn I (SA-4) flight lifted off from Kennedy Space Center launch Complex 34, March 28, 1963. The fourth launch of Saturn launch vehicles developed at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), under the direction of Dr. Wernher von Braun, incorporated a Saturn I, Block I engine. The typical height of a Block I vehicle was approximately 163 feet and had only one live stage. It consisted of eight tanks, each 70 inches in diameter, clustered around a central tank, 105 inches in diameter. Four of the external tanks were fuel tanks for the RP-1 (kerosene) fuel. The other four, spaced alternately with the fuel tanks, were liquid oxygen tanks as was the large center tank. All fuel tanks and liquid oxygen tanks drained at the same rates respectively. The thrust for the stage came from eight H-1 engines, each producing a thrust of 165,000 pounds, for a total thrust of over 1,300,000 pounds. The engines were arranged in a double pattern.  Four engines, located inboard, were fixed in a square pattern around the stage axis and canted outward slightly, while the remaining four engines were located outboard in a larger square pattern offset 40 degrees from the inner pattern. Unlike the inner engines, each outer engine was gimbaled. That is, each could be swung through an arc. They were gimbaled as a means of steering the rocket, by letting the instrumentation of the rocket correct any deviations of its powered trajectory. The block I required engine gimabling as the only method of guiding and stabilizing the rocket through the lower atmosphere. The upper stages of the Block I rocket reflected the three-stage configuration of the Saturn I vehicle. Like SA-3, the SA-4 flight’s upper stage ejected 113,560 liters (30,000 gallons) of ballast water in the upper atmosphere for "Project Highwater" physics experiment. Release of this vast quantity of water in a near-space environment marked the second purely scientific large-scale experiment. The SA-4 was the last Block I rocket launch. n/a

The Saturn I (SA-4) flight lifted off from Kennedy Space Center launch...

The Saturn I (SA-4) flight lifted off from Kennedy Space Center launch Complex 34, March 28, 1963. The fourth launch of Saturn launch vehicles developed at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), under the dir... More

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Wernher von Braun, America Space Program

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Director Dr. Wernher von Braun (left) with Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Rocco Petrone prior to the January 29, 1964 launch of SA-5, the first Block II configuration of the Satu... More

Wernher von Braun presents Lady Bird Johnson with an inscribed hard hat

Wernher von Braun presents Lady Bird Johnson with an inscribed hard ha...

Marshall Space Flight Center Director Dr. Wernher von Braun presents Lady Bird Johnson with an inscribed hard hat during the First Lady's March 24, 1964 visit. While at the Marshall Center, Mrs. Johnson address... More

Wernher von Braun official portrait

Wernher von Braun official portrait

Dr. von Braun became Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center on July 1, 1960.

Wernher von Braun during the SA-6 launch at the Firing Room

Wernher von Braun during the SA-6 launch at the Firing Room

This photograph depicts an intense moment during the SA-6 launch at the Firing Room. Dr. von Braun, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is at center; to his left is Dr. George Mueller, Associate... More

Wernher von Braun seated near a periscope in Kennedy Space Center

Wernher von Braun seated near a periscope in Kennedy Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Director Wernher von Braun, seated near a periscope in Kennedy Space Center's Blockhouse 34, on May 28, 1964, looks over a flight manual while awaiting the launch of SA-6, th... More

Wernher von Braun while he toured the Marned Spacecraft Center

Wernher von Braun while he toured the Marned Spacecraft Center

This is a photograph that was made on October 14, 1964 of Dr. von Braun while he toured the Marned Spacecraft Center, now the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He is shown inspecting a Gemini-Agena Dockin... More

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