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Date Photo was taken: 01.01.1960 Title: Dr. Wernher von Braun Description: Dr. Wernher von Braun served as Marshall Space Flight Center's first director from July 1, 1960 until January 27, 1970, when he was appointed NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Plarning. Following World War II, Dr. von Braun and his German colleagues arrived in the United States under Project Paperclip to continue their rocket development work. In 1950, von Braun and his rocket team were transferred from Ft. Bliss, Texas to Huntsville, Alabama to work for the Army's rocket program at Redstone Arsenal and later, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Under von Braun's leadership, Marshall developed the Saturn V launch vehicle which took Apollo astronauts to the moon. ID: MSFC-9131095 Credit: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA-MSFC) SOURCE: NASA Image eXchange(NIX) http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info;jsessionid=53d6p2ppodtnb?id=MSFC-9131095&orgid=11 NOTE: ALL images taken by NASA or its field centers are considered to be in the public domain and are therefore considered exempt from copyright law under terms of 17 U.S. Code 105

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