[NASA]

Name: DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN STANDING IN FRONT OF A SATURN 1B ROCKET, 1965
Brand: [NASA]
Price: 200.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 252

Estimate

GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500

Closed: 18 May 2022

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DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN STANDING IN FRONT OF A SATURN 1B ROCKET, 1965

[NASA]

Price Realised GBP 252

Closed: 18 May 2022

Price Realised GBP 252

Closed: 18 May 2022

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NASA / Unidentified photographer

Dr. Wernher von Braun standing in front of a Saturn 1B rocket

1965

Vintage photograph with stamp on the verso identifying, “Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger: 3106 Rowe Drive, SE Huntsville, AL 35801”.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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Lot Essay

Dr. Wernher von Braun standing in front of a Saturn 1B rocket at Kennedy Space Center. He had led a team of German rocket scientists, the Rocket Team, to the United States where they were eventually transferred to the NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center in 1960. Dr. von Braun became the first Center Director until 1970 where under his guidance, the team developed the space vehicles; Mercury-Redstone, Saturn I, Saturn IB, and Saturn V.