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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- When Charles Bradshaw came to Huntsville in 1951 to work with Wernher von Braun, he remembers there being "two restaurants in town." ...
Depending on where you come from in the state of Alabama, you have likely either never heard of Wernher von Braun, or you think he is a modern day Columbus, responsible for guiding the United ...
Retired Army Materiel Command Historian Michael Baker talks about Wernher von Braun and his team. He recounts the shock of the Sputnik launch, Toftoy “on his hands and knees begging” for ...
In 1952, von Braun drove the 20 minutes to the all-black Alabama A&M College, to recruit a group of its science majors for a quixotic outreach campaign at a local white high school.
In 1950, they relocated to Huntsville, Alabama, where Wernher von Braun led the team that developed the Saturn V rocket that ...
A quotation by Wernher von Braun, a NASA scientist who had worked for the Nazis during World War II, was removed from a Smithsonian-affiliated museum in Huntsville, Alabama, months after the ...
In 1950, von Braun's team moved to Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama, to continue their missile work. Von Braun became an advocate for space exploration during the 1950s.
In 1950, von Braun's team moved to Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama, to continue their missile work. Von Braun became an advocate for space exploration during the 1950s.
In 1950, von Braun's team moved to Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama, to continue their missile work. Von Braun became an advocate for space exploration during the 1950s.
In 1950, von Braun's team moved to Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama, to continue their missile work. Von Braun became an advocate for space exploration during the 1950s.