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About Wernher von Braun
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Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (* 23. März 1912 in Wirsitz, Provinz Posen, Deutsches Reich; † 16. Juni 1977 in Alexandria, Virginia, Vereinigte Staaten) war als deutscher und später US-amerikanischer Raketeningenieur ein Wegbereiter der Raketenwaffen und der Raumfahrt.
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Operation Paperclip: ...Following the war he was secretly moved to the United States, along with about 1,600 other German scientists, engineers, and technicians....
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How This Nazi Engineer Took America to the Moon (YouTube)
Niemiecki uczony, jeden z czołowych konstruktorów rakiet i pionierów podboju kosmosu, nazista, oficer SS. Podczas II wojny światowej współtwórca pocisków balistycznych V-2. Po wojnie, uczestnik amerykańskiego programu kosmicznego. http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun
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Wernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun (March 23, 1912 – June 16, 1977) was a German-born rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, space architect, and one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany during World War II and in the United States after that.
A former member of the Nazi party, commissioned Sturmbannführer of the paramilitary SS and decorated Nazi war hero, von Braun would later be regarded as the preeminent rocket engineer of the 20th century in his role with the United States civilian space agency NASA. In his 20s and early 30s, von Braun was the central figure in Germany's rocket development program, responsible for the design and realization of the deadly V-2 combat rocket during World War II. After the war, he and some of his rocket team were taken to the U.S. as part of the then-secret Operation Paperclip. Von Braun worked on the US Army intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) program before his group was assimilated by NASA, under which he served as director of the newly formed Marshall Space Flight Center and as the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the superbooster that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon. According to one NASA source, he is "without doubt, the greatest rocket scientist in history." His crowning achievement was to lead the development of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped land the first men on the Moon in July 1969." In 1975 he received the National Medal of Science.
Dr. phil., Dr. h. c. von 22. Univ. u. Hochschulen, Prof. Dir. d. NASA Raumfahrtzentrums (Apollo Programm)
О Wernher von Braun (русский)
Вернер Магнус Максимилиан фрайхерр фон Браун (нем. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun; 23 марта 1912, Вирзиц, провинция Позен, Пруссия — 16 июня 1977, Александрия, Виргиния, США) — немецкий, а с 1955 года — американский конструктор ракетно-космической техники, один из основоположников современного ракетостроения, создатель первых баллистических ракет, член НСДАП с 1937 года, штурмбаннфюрер СС (1943-1945). В США он считается «отцом» американской космической программы.
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Wernher von Braun's Timeline
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March 23, 1912
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Wirsitz, Provinz Posen, Deutsches Reich
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June 16, 1977
Age 65
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Alexandria, Virginia, United States
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Ivy Hill Cemetery (Sektion T, Grabstelle 29), Alexandria, Alexandria City, Virginia, United States
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