[PDF] Wernher Von Braun eBook

Author : Michael Neufeld
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 16,24 MB
Release : 2017-04-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0525435913

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Curator and space historian at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum delivers a brilliantly nuanced biography of controversial space pioneer Wernher von Braun. Chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich and one of the fathers of the U.S. space program, Wernher von Braun is a source of consistent fascination. Glorified as a visionary and vilified as a war criminal, he was a man of profound moral complexities, whose intelligence and charisma were coupled with an enormous and, some would say, blinding ambition. Based on new sources, Neufeld's biography delivers a meticulously researched and authoritative portrait of the creator of the V-2 rocket and his times, detailing how he was a man caught between morality and progress, between his dreams of the heavens and the earthbound realities of his life.

Author : Michael Neufeld
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 36,95 MB
Release : 2008-11-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0307389375

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Curator and space historian at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum delivers a brilliantly nuanced biography of controversial space pioneer Wernher von Braun. Chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich and one of the fathers of the U.S. space program, Wernher von Braun is a source of consistent fascination. Glorified as a visionary and vilified as a war criminal, he was a man of profound moral complexities, whose intelligence and charisma were coupled with an enormous and, some would say, blinding ambition. Based on new sources, Neufeld's biography delivers a meticulously researched and authoritative portrait of the creator of the V-2 rocket and his times, detailing how he was a man caught between morality and progress, between his dreams of the heavens and the earthbound realities of his life.

Author : Wernher Von Braun
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 44,39 MB
Release : 1953
Category : History
ISBN : 9780252062278

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This classic on space travel was first published in 1953, when interplanetary space flight was considered science fiction by most of those who considered it at all. Here the German-born scientist Wernher von Braun detailed what he believed were the problems and possibilities inherent in a projected expedition to Mars. Today von Braun is recognized as the person most responsible for laying the groundwork for public acceptance of America's space program. When President Bush directed NASA in 1989 to prepare plans for an orbiting space station, lunar research bases, and human exploration of Mars, he was largely echoing what von Braun proposed in The Mars Project.

Author : Ernst Stuhlinger
Publisher :
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 35,73 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780894649691

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Biography of Werner von Braun who developed rockets for the German military in World War II and for the United States military and space programs, written by two men who spent decades working with him.

Author : Wernher Von Braun
Publisher : Apogee Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 10,51 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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This collection of speeches by Dr. Wernher von Braun -- a passionate crusader for worthy causes -- touches on a variety of topics, including education, the cold war, religion, and the space program. Mining through more than 500 of von Braun's speeches, given from 1947 to 1976, this important historical document presents an intimate look into the life of one of the most vital contributors to the development of NASA and the American space race.

Author : Ray Spangenburg
Publisher : Chelsea House Pub
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,26 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780816061792

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Explores the life and achievements of the rocketry pioneer who designed rockets for the Nazi war effort early in his career and later became a leading figure in the American space program.

Author : Bob Ward
Publisher : Sutton Publishing Limited
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 21,23 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Rocketry
ISBN : 9780750943031

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Sheds light on Wernher von Braun's contributions to launching the first US satellite and winning the 'Moon race' with the Saturn V super-booster that powered Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins, and their successors to the lunar surface. A gregarious night owl, von Braun also played the piano and cello, and was an avid reader and conversationalist.

Author : Dennis Piszkiewicz
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,44 MB
Release : 1998-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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This is the biography of the German man who created the V-2 rocket and came to the United States to develop missiles.

Author : Robinson J Ward
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 17,36 MB
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1612514049

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Written by veteran aerospace journalist Bob Ward, who spent years investigating his subject, this biography presents a revealing but even-handed portrait of the father of modern rocketry. As he chronicles Werner von Braun's life, Ward explodes many myths and misconceptions about the controversial genius who was a hero to some, a villain to others. The picture of von Braun that emerges is of a brilliant scientist with limitless curiosity and a drive to achieve his goals at almost any price—from developing the world’s first ballistic missile used against the Allies in World War II to helping launch the first U.S. satellite that hurled Americans into space and the Saturn V super-booster that powered them to the moon. Along the way readers are introduced to the human side of this charismatic visionary who brought the United States into the Space Age.