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Wernher von Braun

1912-03-23 - 1977-06-16

Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (US: /ˌvɜːrnər vɒn ˈbraʊn/ VUR-nər von BROWN, German: [ˌvɛʁnheːɐ̯ fɔn ˈbʁaʊ̯n]; 23 March 1912 – 16 June 1977) was a German-American aerospace engineer and space architect. He was a member of the Nazi Party and Allgemeine SS, and the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany, then later a pioneer of rocket and space technology in the United States.
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  • Cover of: History of rocketry & space travel

    First published in 1966 16 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition historyofrocketr0000vonb_s2x4 Cover of edition historyofrocketr0000vonb
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  • Cover of: Space frontier.

    First published in 1967 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition spacefrontier00vonb
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  • Cover of: The Mars project

    First published in 1952 6 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1960 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: New worlds: discoveries from our solar system

    First published in 1979 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Across the Space Frontier

    First published in 1952 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The voice of Dr. Wernher Von Braun: an anthology

    First published in 2007 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Exploration of Mars

    First published in 1956 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Die Eroberung des Weltraums

    First published in 1958 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Project MARS: A Technical Tale

    First published in 1971 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Conquest of the moon

    First published in 1953 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Apollo and America's Moon Landing Program - Before This Decade Is Out... . Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program (NASA SP-4223) by Von Braun, Kranz, Lunney, Duke, Schmitt, Low, Faget, Webb

    First published in 2017 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Wernher Von Braun's 1969 Manned Mars Mission Plans after Apollo and the Boeing 1968 Integrated Manned Interplanetary Nuclear Spacecraft Concept Definition Study

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  • Cover of: The rockets' red glare

    First published in 1976 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Space flight: past, present, and future.

    First published in 1968 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Space travel: a history

    First published in 1985 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Start in den Weltraum: Ein Buch über Raketen, Satelliten und Raumfahrzeuge

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  • Cover of: Wernher Von Braun papers

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  • Cover of: Man on the moon

    First published in 1953 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Histoire mondiale de l'Astronautique

    First published in 1968 1 edition in 1 language
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Subjects
Astronautics, Rocketry, History, Space flight, Space flight to the moon, Space ships, Addresses, essays, lectures, Aeronautics, American Rocket Society, Astronautique, Correspondence, Exploration, Fiction, General Dynamics Corporation, General Motors Corporation, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, German Aerial operations, German language, Gesellschaft für Weltraumsforschung, Guided missiles, Histoire, International Business Machines Corporation, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Mars probes, Popular works
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Germany, Mars (Planet), Redstone Arsenal (Ala.), Solar system, United States
People
Aristid von Grosse (1905-), Armitage Watkins (1906-), Cornelius Ryan, Ernst Stuhlinger (1913-2008), Fred L. Whipple (1906-2004), Frederick C. Durant (1916-), G. Loeser, Heinz Gartmann (1917-), Heinz Hermann Kölle (1917-), Igor Ivan Sikorsky (1889-1972), John B. Medaris (1902-), John Sparkman (1899-1985), Jupps Gerhards, Otto Wolfgang Bechtle, Robert Collins Truax (1917-2010), Wilber Marion Brucker (1894-1968), Willy Ley (1906-1969)

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