| NASA Center: |
Marshall Space Flight Center |
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| Image # : |
6863092 |
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| Date : |
1/22/1968
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Title
Wernher von Braun and Saturn IB on Launch Pad
Full Description
Dr. Wernher von Braun stands in front of a Saturn IB launch vehicle at Kennedy
Space Flight Center. Dr. von Braun led a team of German rocket scientists,
called the Rocket Team, to the United States, first to Fort Bliss/White Sands,
later being transferred to the Army Ballistic Missile Agency at Redstone Arsenal
in Huntsville, Alabama. They were further transferred to the newly established
NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama in 1960, and Dr.
von Braun became the first Center Director.
Under von Braun's direction, MSFC developed the Mercury-Redstone, which put the
first American in space; and later the Saturn rockets, Saturn I, Saturn IB, and
Saturn V. The Saturn V launch vehicle put the first human on the
surface of the Moon, and a modified Saturn V vehicle placed Skylab, the first
United States' experimental space station, into Earth orbit. Dr. von Braun was
MSFC Director from July 1960 to February 1970.
Keywords
Wernher von Braun Saturn 1B Saturn IB
Subject Category
Saturn I-IB, NASA Management,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
MSFC
- Center Number:
6863092
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000045
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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