Wernher von Braun
Wernher von Braun | |
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 Von Braun at his desk at Marshall Space Flight Center in May 1964, with models of the Saturn rocket family | |
| Born | Wernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun 23 Mairch 1912 Wirsitz, Posen Province, Proushie, German Empire (modren Wyrzysk, Piła Coonty, Poland) |
| Dee'd | 16 Juin 1977 (aged 65) Alexandria, Virginie, US |
Restin place | Alexandria |
| Naitionality | German/American |
| Alma mater | Technical Varsity o Berlin |
| Thrift | Rocket ingineer an designer, aerospace project manager |
| Hauf-marrae(s) | Maria Luise von Quistorp (m. 1947–1977) |
| Bairns | Iris Careen von Braun Margrit Cecile von Braun Peter Constantine von Braun |
| Pawrents | Magnus von Braun (1877–1972) Emmy von Quistorp (1886–1959) |
| Awairds | Elliott Cresson Medal (1962) Wilhelm Exner Medal (1969)[1] Naitional Medal o Science (1975) |
| Militar career | |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch |  SS |
| Years o service | 1937–1945 |
| Rank | Sturmbannführer, SS |
| Battles/wars | Warld War II |
| Awairds | Knichts Cross o the War Merit Cross (1944) War Merit Cross, First Class wi Swords (1943) |
| Ither wirk | Rocket ingineer, NASA, Chief Architect o the Saturn V rocket o the Apollo manned muin missions, ingineerin program manager |
Wernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun (Mairch 23, 1912 – Juin 16, 1977) wis a German (an later American) aerospace ingineer[2] an space airchitect creditit wi inventin the V-2 Rocket an the Saturn V, for Nazi Germany an the Unitit States, respectively.[3][4]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Editor, ÖGV. (2015). Wilhelm Exner Medal. Austrian Trade Association. ÖGV. Austria.
- ↑ Neufeld, Michael (2008). Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War (First ed.). Vintage Books. pp. xv.
Although Wernher von Braun got a doctorate in physics in 1934, he never worked a day in his life thereafter as a scientist. He was an engineer and a manager of engineers, and he used that vocabulary when he was talking to his professional peers.
- ↑ Werner von Braun: History's Most Controversial Figure?, Al Jazeera
- ↑ "SP-4206 Stages to Saturn, Chapter 9". history.nasa.gov. Archived frae the original on 6 Mey 2021. Retrieved 8 Mairch 2015.
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