Wernher von Braun By Sarah Ismond And Michelle

Wernher von Braun By Sarah Ismond And Michelle Aragon

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

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

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

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

Colliers Magazine n n “Crossing the Last Frontier” Stresses the importance of US military superiority

Colliers continued n n n Man on the Moon “The Journey” “Exploration of the Moon”

Colliers continued n n The Baby Space Station “First Step in the Conquest of Space”

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.

V-2 Rocket n n n Vengeance 2 Attacks on London and Paris Unorthodox testing

V-2 Rocket n V-2 at White Sands n The Bumper n America’s “firsts”

Jupiter Rocket n Jupiter A n Army/Navy joint effort n Jupiter C

Redstone n Project Mercury n n M-3 failure First American in Space

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

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

Saturn Rockets n Saturn 1 n n n S-1 S-IV Successful test flights Saturn IB Powerful second stage objectives

Saturn V n Manned moon missions n 3 stages n Speed n Role in Apollo program

References n n http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun http: //history. msfc. nasa. gov/vonbraun/index. ht ml http: //www 1. jsc. nasa. gov/er/seh/coltech. html Piszkiewicz, Dennis. Wernher von Braun: The Man Who Sold the Moon. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998.