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Creator

Kapp, Michael

Date

September 8, 1967

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National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

Bart Slattery interview with Dr. Wernher Von Braun September 8, 1967 (9/8/1967). Von Braun recounts his involvement with rockets from 1926 to the present. He describes the activities at Raketenflugplatz. 1932 demonstration to the German Army. 1932 he is hired by the German army at Kumersdorf. 1937 moves to Peenemunde. Works on the V-2 and Wasserfal. 1945 he moves west to be surrender to the Allies. Colonel Holgar Tofftoy hired the Peenemunde crew and move to White Sands Proving Grounds, New Mexico. 1950 moves to Huntsville, Alabama. The launch of Explorer-1 is described. The discovery for the Van Allen Belt. The establishment of the Space Task Group at Langley, Virginia. The selection of the Army Redstone for use on suborbital Mercury flights. The use of Atlas for orbital Mercury flights. von Braun describes the progress in liquid fueled rockets from the V-2 through the Saturn-V.

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Citation

United States Space Program Oral History Collection [Kapp], Acc. NASM.XXXX.0138, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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