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I Aim at the Stars is a 1960 West German-American biographical film which tells the story of the life of Wernher von Braun.The film covers his life from his early days in Germany, through Peenemünde, until his work with the U.S. Army, NASA, and the American space program.
Wernher von Braun was born on 23 March 1912, in the small town of Wirsitz in the Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, then German Empire and now Poland. [14]His father, Magnus Freiherr von Braun (1878–1972), was a civil servant and conservative politician; he served as Minister of Agriculture in the federal government during the Weimar Republic.
First Men to the Moon is a novella [1] by rocketry expert Wernher von Braun, [2] published in 1960. [3] [4] The book was designed and illustrated by Fred Freeman.[5] [6] Portions of the novella had previously been serialized in the American syndicated Sunday magazine supplement, This Week between 1958 and 1959.
Project Mars: A Technical Tale is a science fiction novel by German-American rocket physicist, Wernher von Braun (1912–1977). It was written by von Braun in German in 1949 and entitled Marsprojekt. Henry J. White (1892–1962) translated the book into English and it was published later by Apogee Books (Canada) in 2006 as Project Mars: A ...
Scientists Ernst Stuhlinger (left) and Wernher von Braun at the Walt Disney Studios. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) aired Mars and Beyond, an episode of the Disneyland anthology television series, discussing Wernher von Braun's ideas for a human mission to Mars. [34] Born: Dave Brown, British political cartoonist; in Barnehurst, Kent [35]
During her time at Fairchild, Rosin served as the spokesperson for Dr. Wernher Von Braun, with whom she created the film and educational program "It's Your Turn" to expand the diversity of people working in science fields. [4] The program won many awards, including the Aviation Writers Award and the Science Teachers Gold Medal. [2]
"Man Will Conquer Space Soon!" was the title of a series of 1950s magazine articles in Collier's detailing Wernher von Braun's plans for human spaceflight. Edited by Cornelius Ryan, the individual articles were authored by such space notables of the time as Willy Ley, Fred Lawrence Whipple, Dr. Joseph Kaplan, Dr. Heinz Haber, and von
Dr. Wernher von Braun and Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger " Mars and Beyond " is an episode of Disneyland which aired on December 4, 1957. [ 1 ] It was directed by Ward Kimball and narrated by Paul Frees .