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Wernher von Braun (1912-1977) was one of the most important rocket developers and champions of space exploration between the 1930s and 1970s. Discover quotations from Wernher von Braun.
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Wernher von Braun (1912-1977) was one of the most important rocket developers and champions of space exploration between the 1930s and 1970s. Wernher Von Braun came to the United States in September 1945 under contract with the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps as part of Operation Paperclip. He and his "rocket team" worked on rockets for the United States army. Wernher Von Braun also became one of the mo…
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On October 5, 1882, Nahum Danford Goddard, a businessman, and Fannie Hoyt Goddard delivered a son, Robert, in Worcester, MA. Robert Goddard died on Aug. 10, 1945, holding 214 patents in rocketry but having received little attention for his propulsion research. When American rocket scientists began to earnestly prepare for space exploration, they discovered it was almost impossible to build a rocket or launch a satellite without acknowledging the work of Goddard.
