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Members of House Committee o
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Members of House Committee on Science and Astronautics Visited MSFC |
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1962-03-08 |
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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. The subcommittee was 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. In this photograph, MSFC Director, Dr. Wernher von Braun, bids farewell to Texas Democratic Representative Olin E. Teague before departure at the Redstone Arsenal Airstrip. |
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Members of House Committee o
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Members of House Committee on Science and Astronautics Visited MSFC |
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1962-03-08 |
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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. The subcommittee was 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. In this photograph, MSFC Director, Dr. Wernher von Braun meets with Congressmen in the MSFC boardroom. Pictured from left to right are: Jack Cramer, NASA Headquarters, Joe Waggoner, Democratic representative of Louisiana, John W. Davis, Democratic representative of Georgia, R. Walter Riehlman, Republican representative of New York, Olin E. Teague, Democratic representative of Texas, Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of MSFC, James G. Fulton, Republican representative of Pennsylvania, Ken Hechler, Democratic representative of West Virginia, and Erich Neubert of MSFC. |
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Members of House Committee o
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Members of House Committee on Science and Astronautics Visited MSFC |
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1962-03-08 |
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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. Pictured from left-to-right are Congressman Ken Hechler, Democratic representative of West Virginia, Dieter Grau, MSFC, Congressman John W. Davis, Democratic representative of Georgia, Congressman Joe Waggoner, Democratic representative of Louisiana, Congressman Richard L. Roudebush, Republican representative of Indiana, Congressman R. Walter Riehlman, Republican representative of New York, Congressman James G. Fulton, Republican representative of Pennsylvania, Dr. Wernher von Braun, MSFC, and Congressman Olin E. Teague, Democratic representative of Texas. |
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Dr. Wernher von Braun Laid t
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Dr. Wernher von Braun Laid to Rest |
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1977-06-16 |
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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 Planning. Following World War II, Dr. von Braun and his German colleagues arrived in the United States under Project Paper Clip to continue their rocket development work. In 1950, von Braun and his rocket team were transferred from Ft. Bliss, Texas to Huntsville, Alabama to work for the Army's rocket program at Redstone Arsenal and later, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Under von Braun's leadership, Marshall developed the Saturn V launch vehicle which took Apollo astronauts to the moon. Dr. von Braun died in Alexandria, Va., on June 16, 1977, seven years after his NASA appointment. This photo was taken at the site where he was laid to rest. |
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Congressmen Visit Marshall S
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Congressmen Visit Marshall Space Flight Center |
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1964-04-28 |
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Two US Congressmen, accompanied by NASA Administrator James E. Webb, visited the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) April 28, 1964, for a briefing on the Saturn program and a tour of the facilities. They are (left to right) Congressman Gerald Ford Jr., Republican representative of Michigan, Dr. Wernher von Braun, MSFC director, Congressman George H. Mahon, Democratic representative of Texas, and Mr. Webb. Not pictured is Dr. Robert Seamans, associate administrator, who was also in the group. |
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Members of House Committee o
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Members of House Committee on Science and Astronautics Visited MSFC |
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1962-03-08 |
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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. Standing at the Apollo Applications Program Cluster Model in building 4745 are (left-to-right): Dr. Wernher von Braun, MSFC, Congressman Joe D. Waggoner, Democratic representative of Louisiana, Congressman Earle Cabell, Democratic representative of Texas, Subcommittee Chairman Olin E. Teague, Democratic representative of Texas, Congressman James G. Fulton, Republican representative of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, associate MSFC director for science. The subcommittee was 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. |
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Cutaway Drawing of A-4
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Cutaway Drawing of A-4 |
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1940-01-01 |
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This German cutaway drawing of the Aggregate-4 (A-4) illustrates the dimensions and internal workings of the rocket. Later renamed the V-2, the rocket was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and the German Rocket Team at Peenemuende on the Baltic Sea. At the end of World War II, the team of German engineers and scientists came to the United States to work for the Army at Fort Bliss, Texas, and Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. |
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Dr. Wernher von Braun
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Dr. Wernher von Braun |
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1960-01-01 |
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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 War II, Dr. von Braun and his German colleagues arrived in the United States under Project Paperclip to continue their rocket development work. In 1950, von Braun and his rocket team were transferred from Ft. Bliss, Texas to Huntsville, Alabama to work for the Army's rocket program at Redstone Arsenal and later, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Under von Braun's leadership, Marshall developed the Saturn V launch vehicle which took Apollo astronauts to the moon. |
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Dr. von Braun Presents a Har
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Dr. von Braun Presents a Hard Hat to Lady Bird Johnson |
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1964-03-24 |
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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 addressed Center employees, toured facilities and witnessed test firings of a Saturn I first stage and an F-1 engine. Dr. von Braun is wearing a Texas hat presented to him months earlier by Lyndon Johnson during a visit to the Johnson ranch in Texas. |
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Apollo 11 Astronauts In Quar
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Apollo 11 Astronauts In Quarantine Facility |
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1969-07-24 |
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The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched aboard a Saturn V launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. Aboard were Neil A. Armstrong, commander, Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) pilot, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module (LM) pilot. The CM, piloted by Michael Collins, remained in a parking orbit around the Moon while the LM, named Eagle, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, landed on the Moon. Armstrong was the first human to ever stand on the lunar surface, followed by Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin. The surface exploration was concluded in 2½ hours. Once the crew collected 47 pounds of lunar surface material for analysis back on Earth, the LM redocked with the CM for the crew?s return to Earth. Following splash down in the Pacific Ocean, Navy para-rescue men recovered the capsule housing the 3-man Apollo 11 crew. The crew was taken to safety aboard the USS Hornet, where they were quartered in a mobile quarantine facility. Shown here is the Apollo 11 crew peering out of the quarantine facility at the crowd assembled to greet them upon their arrival at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston, Texas. With the success of Apollo 11, the national objective to land men on the Moon and return them safely to Earth had been accomplished. The Saturn V launch vehicle was developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) under the direction of Dr. Wernher von Braun. |
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Von Braun Rocket Team at For
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Von Braun Rocket Team at Fort Bliss, Texas |
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1940-01-01 |
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The German Rocket Team, also known as the Von Braun Rocket Team, poses for a group photograph at Fort Bliss, Texas. After World War II ended in 1945, Dr. Wernher von Braun led some 120 of his Peenemuende Colleagues, who developed the V-2 rocket for the German military during the War, to the United Sttes under a contract to the U.S. Army Corps as part of Operation Paperclip. During the following five years the team worked on high altitude firings of the captured V-2 rockets at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, and a guided missile development unit at Fort Bliss, Texas. In April 1950, the group was transferred to the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, and continued to work on the development of the guided missiles for the U.S. Army until transferring to a newly established field center of the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). |
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Dr. Wernher von Braun
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Dr. Wernher von Braun |
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2004-04-15 |
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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 1970. Following World War II, Dr. von Braun and his German colleagues arrived in the United States under the Project Paperclip (American acquisition of German rocket experts) to continue their rocket development work. In 1950, von Braun and his German Rocket Team (also called the Peenemuende Team) were transferred from Ft. Bliss, Texas to Huntsville, Alabama to work for the Army's rocket program at Redstone Arsenal and later, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Under Dr. von Braun's leadership, MSFC developed the Saturn V launch vehicle, which placed the first men, two American astronauts, on the Moon. Wernher von Braun's life was dedicated to expanding man's knowledge through the exploration of space. |
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Dr. Eberhard Rees
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Dr. Eberhard Rees |
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1970-01-01 |
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Dr. Eberhard Rees served as director of the Marshall Space Flight Center from March 1, 1970 until January 19, 1973 when he retired from NASA. Prior to his appointment as Director, Rees served as the Center's deputy director under Dr. Wernher von Braun, 1960-1970. Rees came to the United States as part of the Dr. Wernher von Braun's German Rocket team following World War II. He transferred to Huntsville, Alabama from Fort Bliss, Texas in 1950 to work for the Army's rocket program at Redstone Arsenal. From 1956 to 1960 he served as deputy director of development operations at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency under von Braun. In 1960 Rees was transferred to NASA's Marshall Center. |
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The Cutaway Drawing of an A-
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The Cutaway Drawing of an A-4 |
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1940-01-01 |
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The cutaway drawing of the A-4 (Aggregate-4) rocket. Later renamed the V-2 (Vengeance Weapon-2), The rocket was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and the German rocket team at Peenemuende, Germany on the Baltic Sea. At the end of World War II, the team of German engineers and scientists came to the United States and continued rocket research for the Army at Fort Bliss, Texas, and Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. |
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Drawing of an A-4
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Drawing of an A-4 |
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1940-01-01 |
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This drawing illustrates the vital dimensions of the A-4 (Aggregate-4). Later renamed the V-2 (Vengeance Weapon-2), the rocket was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and the German rocket team at Peenemuende, Germany on the Baltic Sea. At the end of World War II, the team of German engineers and scientists came to the United States and continued rocket research for the Army at Fort Bliss, Texas, and Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. |
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Dr. von Braun and Congressma
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Dr. von Braun and Congressman Olin Teague with H1 Engine |
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1962-03-09 |
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Dr. Wernher von Braun shows Congressman Olin Teague of Texas an H1 engine for the Saturn I launch vehicle during a visit to the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) by the members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics on March 9, 1962. |
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von Braun Presented With Por
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von Braun Presented With Portrait |
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1958-02-23 |
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During a visit to the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), the Congresssional House Committee on Science and Astronautics presented MSFC?s Director Dr. Wernher von Braun with a portrait of himself to be displayed at the center. Pictured left-to-right during the presentation are: von Braun, Mrs. von Braun, Maria, Democratic representative of Texas, Olin E. Teague, and Democratic representative of Alabama, Robert Jones. |
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Apollo 11 Astronauts Headed
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Apollo 11 Astronauts Headed For Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) |
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1969-07-24 |
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The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. The Saturn V vehicle was developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) under the direction of Dr. Wernher von Braun. Aboard were Neil A. Armstrong, commander, Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) pilot, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module (LM) pilot. The CM, piloted by Michael Collins remained in a parking orbit around the Moon while the LM, named ?Eagle??, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, landed on the Moon. Armstrong was the first human to ever stand on the lunar surface, Aldrin. During 2½ hours of surface exploration, the crew collected 47 pounds of lunar surface material for analysis back on Earth. The recovery operation took place in the Pacific Ocean where Navy para-rescue men recovered the capsule housing the 3-man Apollo 11 crew. The crew was airlifted to safety aboard the U.S.S. Hornet, where they were quartered in a Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF). Donned in biological isolation garments, the Apollo 11 crew members wave to well wishers as they leave the pick up helicopter making their way to the MQF. This portable facility served as their home until they reached the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Lunar Receiving Laboratory in Houston, Texas. With the success of Apollo 11, the national objective to land men on the Moon and return them safely to Earth had been accomplished. |
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Apollo 11 Astronauts Headed
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Apollo 11 Astronauts Headed For Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) |
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1969-07-24 |
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The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. The Saturn V vehicle was developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) under the direction of Dr. Wernher von Braun. Aboard the craft were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander, Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) pilot, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module (LM) pilot. The CM, piloted by Michael Collins remained in a parking orbit around the Moon while the LM, named ?Eagle??, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, landed on the Moon. Armstrong was the first human to ever stand on the lunar surface followed by Aldrin. During 2½ hours of surface exploration, the crew collected 47 pounds of lunar surface material for analysis back on Earth. The recovery operation took place in the Pacific Ocean where Navy para-rescue men recovered the capsule housing the 3-man Apollo 11 crew. The crew was airlifted to safety aboard the U.S.S. Hornet, where they were quartered in a Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF). Donned in biological isolation garments, the Apollo 11 crew members (front to rear) Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin leave the pick up helicopter making their way to the MQF. This portable facility served as their home until they reached the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Lunar Receiving Laboratory in Houston, Texas. With the success of Apollo 11 mission the national objective to land men on the Moon and return them safely to Earth had been accomplished. |
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Apollo 13 crewmen during pos
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Apollo 13 crewmen during post flight debriefing activity at MSC |
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The three crewmen of the Apollo 13 mission are photographed during the first day of their post-flight debriefing activity at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). Left to right, are Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., commander, John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, and Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot (35747), Dr. Donald K. Slayton (center foreground), MSC Director of Flight Crew Operations, talks with Dr. Wernher von Braun (left), famed rocket expert, at an Apollo 13 post-flight debriefing session. Left to right in the background are the three Apollo 13 crewment Lovell, Swigert, and Haise. Dr. von Braun is the Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning of NASA (35748). |
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1970-04-20 |
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