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Wernher von Braun

Wernher von Braun. By Sarah Ismond And Michelle Aragon. The Early Years. Becomes interested in the universe on the day of his confirmation in the Lutheran church His first experience with rockets. Education. Sent to boarding school

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Wernher von Braun

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  1. Wernher von Braun By Sarah Ismond And Michelle Aragon

  2. The Early Years • Becomes interested in the universe on the day of his confirmation in the Lutheran church • His first experience with rockets

  3. Education • Sent to boarding school • First learns of Hermann Oberth’s, “The Rocket into Interplanetary Space” • Receives his Ph.D. in physics

  4. World War II • Becomes a civilian of the German Army • Develops the V-2 rocket • Surrenders to US Army

  5. Life in the US • Brought to Fort Bliss to work for the US Army • Writes “The Mars Project” • Returns to Germany to marry his cousin

  6. Colliers Magazine • “Crossing the Last Frontier” • Stresses the importance of US military superiority

  7. Colliers continued • Man on the Moon • “The Journey” • “Exploration of the Moon”

  8. Colliers continued • The Baby Space Station • “First Step in the Conquest of Space”

  9. A-Series Rockets • The A-1 Size, failed success in the army. • The A-2 continued support from military. • The A-3 larger, more powerful. • The A-4 • October 3, 1942; liquid oxygen/alcohol fueled.

  10. V-2 Rocket • Vengeance 2 • Attacks on London and Paris • Unorthodox testing

  11. V-2 Rocket • V-2 at White Sands • The Bumper • America’s “firsts”

  12. Jupiter Rocket • Jupiter A • Army/Navy joint effort • Jupiter C

  13. Redstone • Project Mercury • M-3 failure • First American in Space

  14. Atlas • America’s first man in orbit • The Atlas-Agena rocket • Agena’s role in unmanned lunar missions

  15. Titan II • Two-stage, liquid fueled • Role in project Gemini • Power of the Titan rocket

  16. Saturn Rockets • Saturn 1 • S-1 • S-IV • Successful test flights Saturn IB Powerful second stage objectives

  17. Saturn V • Manned moon missions • 3 stages • Speed • Role in Apollo program

  18. References • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun • http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/vonbraun/index.html • http://www1.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/coltech.html • Piszkiewicz, Dennis. Wernher von Braun: The Man Who Sold the Moon. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998.

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