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Title: Wernher Von Braun


1
Wernher Von Braun
  • Who Was He?
  • German Career
  • American Career
  • Major Accomplishments

2
  • Born March 23, 1912
  • Where Wirsitz, Germany
  • Became a U.S. citizen April 14, 1955
  • Died June 16, 1977
  • Alexandria, Virginia

3
Education
  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from
    the Berlin Institute of Technology
  • PhD in Physics from the Berlin Institute of
    Technology

4
Early Works
  • Von Braun was a member of the Verein fur
    Raumschifffahrt (Rocket Society) which was given
    money to build a rocket for the German Military.
  • The V2 rocket was successfully launched on
    October 3, 1942.

5
THE V2 (A4) Rocket
  • Fuel Alcohol and Liquid Oxygen
  • Thrust 56,000 Lbs
  • Payload 2,200 Lbs
  • Max Speed 3,500 mph

6
Von Brauns Arrest
  • Von Braun was arrested for fantasizing about
    the rockets possibilities he wanted to send the
    V2 to the moon when he should have wanted to use
    it for war
  • Braun was released. He fled and surrendered to
    the Americans. They took Braun and 300 train car
    loads of V2 parts to the U.S.

7
Operation Paperclip
  • This was the name of Von Brauns move to the U.S.
  • He was granted permission to further research the
    V2s potential as a weapon and as a research
    device.

8
Von Brauns Jobs
  • Dr. Von Braun directed the U.S. Army's ballistic
    missile program at Redstone Arsenal
  • Major ABMA development projects under Von Brauns
    technical direction included the Redstone rocket,
    the Jupiter Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
    (IRBM), and the Pershing missile.

9
  • Established by law on July 29, 1958.
  • Braun was the first Director.

10
Redstone Missile
  • Liquid Chemical
  • Range 200 Miles
  • First Launch 1958

11
THE JUPITER-C ROCKET
  • launched the western hemisphere's first
    satellite, Explorer 1, on January 31, 1958.
  • This event signaled the birth of America's space
    program

12
Pershing Weapon System
  • Replacement for the Redstone Systems
  • Increased Range and Efficiency
  • Eliminated due to Nuclear Arms Treaties

13
Mercury and Apollo
  • Project Mercury officially began October 7, 1958
    as the United States' first manned space
    program. 
  • The Saturn V rocket launched the crew of Apollo
    11 and put mankind on the moon on July 16, 1969

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Later Accomplishments
  • On 1 July 1972, Von Braun left NASA to become
    Vice President of Engineering and Development for
    Fairchild Industries in Germantown, Maryland
  • Von Braun was inducted into the Ordnance Corps
    Hall of Fame in 1973

16
Wernher Von Brauns Death
  • At the peak of his success, von Braun learned he
    had cancer.
  • This forced him to retire on December 31, 1976
  • On June 16, 1977, Wernher von Braun died in
    Alexandria, Virginia.

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WORKS CITED
  • http//liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/history/VonBr
    aun/VonBraun.html
  • http//www.redstone.army.mi
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