Wernher von Braun and Saturn IB on Launch Pad<br /><br />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.
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WERNHER VON BRAUN (1912-1977)<br /><br />Shortly after NASA was created, the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency research group led by Wernher von Braun was transferred to the civilian space agency, and in 1960 it became the core of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.<br /><br />Until 1970 von Braun served as the first director of the Marshall Center, which was responsible for developing rocket engines and launch vehicles, including the American "Moon rocket," the giant Saturn V.<br /><br />Von Braun was an avid proponent of space exploration. In the 1950s he collaborated on a series of popular magazine articles and television shows depicting future space travel.<br /><br />
The Wonderful World Of Wernher von Braun - Your Turn!<br /><br />I have started, please add to this!<br /><br />I am excited as to what others will add and contribute!<br /><br />Maybe something even I have not seen or know about!<br /><br />That would be nice!<br /><br />So now its your turn, post away! 
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<br /><br />I wish we could have seen the Nova-class booster. <br /><br /><br />Also: The ship in System Shock 2 (a computer game) was named the Von Braun. I thought it was a nice homage, myself. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
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During the late 1950s and early 1960s, a controversy arose in NASA and other scientific communities about the best approach to landing on the Moon. Two concepts flourished: the direct ascent mode (DA) and the lunar orbit rendezvous mode (LOR). Additional debate dealt with the type of spacecraft needed to support the alternate methods of going to the Moon. <br /><br />The direct ascent mode, championed by Werner von Braun, employed an enormous Nova class Earth launch rocket of 12-14 million pounds of liftoff thrust. (The Apollo Saturn V had seven and one half millions pounds of thrust at liftoff.)The concept launched a single vehicle from Earth to the Moon's surface. After a retro type landing on the Moon's surface, the vehicle would take off intact for the return trip to Earth. The lunar liftoff would approximate an Earth launch, a single rocket launching its crew for a voyage to Earth. <br /><br />The lunar orbit rendezvous approach employed two vehicles, a command or mother ship for travel to lunar orbit and a lander or lunar module for descent to and ascent from the Moon's surface while the command ship orbited the Moon awaiting for the return of the lander. <br /><br />Still a third approach ( also favored by von Braun) proposed an Earth orbit rendezvous before leaving Earth's orbit for the Moon's surface. The third approach was much like the direct ascent as far as the vehicle which would land on the Moon. It would be a single stage rocket with powerful engines for the retro landing and later lunar ascent. <br /><br />The lunar orbit rendezvous approach proved most efficient, requiring a much less powerful Earth launch booster. It is thought that the Russians attempted the direct ascent approach by building a Nova class booster which exploded on the launch pad sometime in 1967. Fortunately, the LOR approach experienced no such catastrophe. <br /><br />Below is the world’s only true Nova-class booster ever attempted in scale. The Russian N1, which failed all of its test l
Orbital launch vehicle. Family: Nova. Country: USA.<br /><br />Status: Study NASA June 1960. <br /><br />Most capable Nova studied just prior to selection of Saturn for moon landing. Used a three stage configuration of eight F-1 engines in stage 1, two M-1 engines in stage 2, and one J-2 engine in stage 3. Similar to the Saturn C-8 except in the use of M-1 engines. Unlike other modular Nova designs of the time, this one had the unitary stage construction of Saturn. <br /><br />Manufacturer: NASA. LEO Payload: 181,000 kg. to: 160 km Orbit. Payload: 68,000 kg. to a: translunar trajectory. Liftoff Thrust: 5,504,850 kgf. Liftoff Thrust: 53,984.10 kN. Total Mass: 4,752,200 kg. Core Diameter: 17.40 m. Total Length: 128.00 m.<br /><br /><br />Stage Data - Nova 8L<br /><br />Stage Number: 1. 1 x Nova 60-8-1 Gross Mass: 3,628,000 kg. Empty Mass: 227,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 6,315,000 kgf. Isp: 304 sec. Burn time: 161 sec. Isp(sl): 265 sec. Diameter: 17.40 m. Span: 18.00 m. Length: 41.20 m. Propellants: Lox/Kerosene No Engines: 8. F-1 Status: Study NASA June 1960. Comments: Mass estimated based on total LV weight.<br /><br />Stage Number: 2. 1 x Nova 60-8-2 Gross Mass: 680,000 kg. Empty Mass: 54,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 1,088,000 kgf. Isp: 428 sec. Burn time: 242 sec. Isp(sl): 310 sec. Diameter: 11.60 m. Span: 11.60 m. Length: 35.10 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 2. M-1 Status: Study 1960. Comments: Mass estimated based on total LV weight. J-2-powered version of this stage also proposed.<br /><br />Stage Number: 3. 1 x Nova 60-8-3 Gross Mass: 227,000 kg. Empty Mass: 23,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 91,000 kgf. Isp: 425 sec. Burn time: 941 sec. Isp(sl): 306 sec. Diameter: 6.70 m. Span: 6.70 m. Length: 30.50 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 1. J-2 Status: Study 1960. Comments: Mass estimated based on total LV weight.<br /><br />
Telegram from Wernher Von Braun<br /> <br />This is a Western Union telegram sent by Wernher Von Braun. It is an invitation to be present for the Apollo 4 launching aboard the first full stand-up Saturn V rocket. It is addressed to James Lewis. He was a colorful character with connections throughout the government. The telegram mentions Foster Haley, of JPL, as well as future lunar missions, and more. The piece missing at the top is typical of telegrams that were pulled from the printer.<br /><br />http://www.radiold.com/ephemera/telegrams_pics/wernher_von_braun_telegram.htm<br />
Wernher von Braun -and- Walt Disney - Wow!<br /><br />I could not find the date or place for this picture?<br /><br />If anyone knows this please let us know!<br /><br />
A Historic Meeting at the White House on Human Spaceflight<br /><br />On 20 November 1962, President John F. Kennedy held a meeting with NASA Administrator James Webb, Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell, and several other people to discuss the human spaceflight program. The meeting was prompted by a number of recent events, most notably press reports that NASA was not devoting enough attention to the Apollo lunar landing program and the possible requirement for an additional supplemental appropriation of over $400 million to NASA’s current budget.<br /><br />During the meeting, Kennedy, Webb, Bell, and several members of Webb’s staff discussed issues related to human spaceflight and the need for more money. The discussion was surprisingly wide-ranging and energetic. <br /><br />This meeting is a window into the role that human spaceflight played in international and domestic politics in the early 1960s. It also provides insights into the thinking of high-level government officials about spaceflight, their personal interactions, and the cooperation and conflict of their organizations.<br /><br />The meeting was recorded, but the recording was not released until August 2001. It is of relatively high quality when compared to other presidential recordings from the era, but it is still rather difficult to discern and understand the various voices. This transcript was prepared by Dwayne A. Day with assistance from Glen Swanson, John M. Logsdon, and former NASA Associate Administrator Robert C. Seamans.<br /><br />LOOK UP! It's A Bird!?, It's A Plane!?, It's Superman!?<br /><br />No!............ It's Just Apollo Playing In The Sky Again! "LOL"<br /><br />
"LOL"<br /><br />Here is an Autographed Picture of Wernher von Braun, and the XR-1 Space Plane Launcher.<br /><br />Again, I do not know the date or place of the picture, so if someone knows, that would be nice!<br /><br />
In 1961, President Kennedy issued a challenge to answer the Russians threat to be the first ones on the moon. It resulted in the largest construction project in the state of Mississippi and the second largest in the United States at that time. The Mississippi Test Facility (now Stennis Space Center) in Hancock county, about 30 miles from Picayune, would have a profound effect on this area and, in it's own way, Picayune had an effect on the nation's space program. We were the home for many of the facilities workers, engineers, and administrators. Less than eight years later man was walking on the moon and returning safely. The center continues it's mission today testing the space shuttle engines.<br /><br />http://fbcpic.org/anniversary/events/1961_space_program.htm<br /><br />
Wernher von Braun, the Developer of V-2 rocket, Director of NASA and the US guided missile program<br /><br />http://www.rmfc.org/wtb020.html Wernher von Braun "The guidelines of what we ought to do are furnished in the moral law of God. It is no longer enough to pray that God may be with us on our side. We must learn to pray that we may be on God's side."<br /><br />Something that we should all remember!<br /><br />To Boldly Go Where No Person Has Gone Before!<br /><br />To Explore The Great Space Frontier And Discover Its Wonders And Secrets!<br /><br />To Discover And Settle New Worlds And New Frontiers!<br /><br />To Go In Peace, For All Mankind, Of Our Planet Earth!<br /><br />http://www.rmfc.org/wtb.html<br />
This is a photo of Dr. Von Braun (with arm in cast) surrendering to the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Personnel in Europe, April 1945. <br /><br />
This is a photo of Dr. Von Braun and his fellow German rocket experts before moving from Fort Bliss, Texas, to Huntsville, Alabama. <br /><br />
Dr. Von Braun, right, is shown in this photograph taken in the 1950s with Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger. The two are shown discussing concepts for a Walt Disney television special on the exploration of space. <br /><br />
This is a photo of (from left to right) Martin Schilling, Ernst Stuhlinger, and Dr. Von Braun signing certificates of citizenship in April 1955. <br />
In this 1950s era photo, Dr. Von Braun, right, is flanked by other prominent rocket and space colleagues. General Holger Toftoy is standing. Dr. Hermann Oberth is in the foreground. Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger is seated.<br /><br />
Dr. Von Braun and his family "Daughters" were often recognized by the Huntsville community. He is shown here with his daughters in a parade in Huntsville in March 1959. The parade celebrated the success of the Pioneer IV sun probe, the first such U.S. success.<br /><br /><br />
Dr. Von Braun, right, worked directly with America's first seven astronauts. This photo is believed to have been taken about 1959 in the Fabrication Laboratory of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville. The astronauts are, from left, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton. <br /><br />
This photograph of Dr. Von Braun, shown here to the left of General Bruce Medaris, was taken in the fall of 1959, immediately prior to Medaris' retirement from the Army. At the time, Von Braun and his associates worked for the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville. Those in the photograph have been identified as Ernst Stuhlinger, Frederick von Saurma, Fritz Mueller, Hermann Weidner, E.W. Neubert (partially hidden), W.A. Mrazek, Karl Heimburg, Arthur Rudolph, Otto Hoberg, Von Braun, Oswald Lange, Medaris, Helmut Hoelzer, Hans Maus, E.D. Geissler, Hans Heuter, and George Constan. <br /><br />
This photograph taken in 1960 shows Dr. Von Braun, center, talking with T. Keith Glennan, second from right, the first Administrator of NASA. Shown from left to right are Delmar Morris, Deputy Director Administration for the Marshall Center; Dr. Eberhard Rees, Deputy Director for Research and Development for the Marshall Center; Dr. Von Braun, Glennan, and Don Ostrander, NASA launch vehicle chief. <br /><br />
Dr. Von Braun is shown here in this photo, which was probably taken in the early 1960s, with members of his management team. Pictured from left to right are, Werner Kuers, Director of the Manufacturing Engineering Division; Dr. Walter Haeussermann, Director of the Astrionics Division: Dr. William Mrazek, Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering Division; Dr. Von Braun; Dieter Grau, Director of the Quality Assurance Division; Dr. Oswald Lange, Director of the Saturn Systems Office, and Erich Neubert, Associate Deputy Director for Research and Development. <br /><br />
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