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New York: Vintage Books, Date: 2008. First Vintage Books Edition [stated]. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. Good. [4], xiii, [3], 587, [1] pages. Illustrations. A Note on the Name and on Terms. Notes. Significant Abbreviations used in the Notes. Bibliography and Archival Sources. Index. Corner creased at rear cover. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (March 23, 1912 - June 16, 1977) was a German (and, later, American) aerospace engineer and architect. He was the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Germany and of rocket technology and space science in the United States. Von Braun worked in Nazi Germany's rocket development program. He helped design and develop the V-2 rocket at Peenemünde during World War II. Following the war, he was secretly moved to the United States, along with about 1,600 other German scientists, engineers, and technicians, as part of Operation Paperclip. He worked for the United States Army on an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) program and he developed the rockets that launched the United States' first space satellite Explorer 1. His group was assimilated into NASA, where he served as director of the Marshall Space Flight Center and as the chief architect of the Saturn V super heavy-lift launch vehicle that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon. Derived from a Kirkus review: Judicious biography of the Nazis' chief rocket designer, who went on to lead the U.S. space ...

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