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NASA Center: Marshall Space Flight Center
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Date : 9/1/1960

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Dr. Wernher von Braun in his Office

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Dr. Wernher von Braun is in his office, with an artist's concept of a lunar lander in background and models of Mercury-Redstone, Juno, and Saturn I. Dr. Wernher von Braun, the first MSFC Director, 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.

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Wernher von Braun

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NASA Management,

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  • Center: MSFC

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  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

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