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Hermann Oberth (1894 - 1989) was known as the Father of Astronautics. Born in Rumania in 1894, he received his German citizenship in 1941. After extensive studying at Gottingen, Heidelberg, Klausenbury, Munich and Vienna, he became a teacher, having at one time Dr. Wernher von Braun as his pupil. In 1923 he published his first work, The Rocket to the Planets, the first book to treat the theory of rockets as applicable to space flight in a scientific manner. Oberth was one of the three great rocket pioneers of the world, along with Professor Goddard of America and Professor Ziolkovsky of Russia.
NASM.1989.0091
Oberth, Hermann, 1894-1989
1923, 1955-1959
bulk 1958-1959
Anton Palmai, Gift, 1989, 1989-0091, NASM
0.23 Cubic feet ((1 slim legal document box))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of material in German and English documenting Oberth's life and career in the field of astronautics. The information includes six photographs, an article written by him for Space Journal, correspondence between Dr. Oberth and the donor Anton Palmai, and four books, three of which are in German.
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Space flight
Rockets (Aeronautics)
Rocketry
Astronautics
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Archival materials
Publications
Correspondence
Articles
Photographs