Browse Collections (75 total)
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Willy Ley Collection
View the items in Willy Ley CollectionOn October 2, 1906, Willy Otto Oskar Ley was born to Julius Otto Ley and Frida May. Even in his youth, Ley loved exploration and discovery, and Ley…
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William August Schulze Collection
View the items in William August Schulze CollectionWilliam August Schulze (November 23, 1905 to November 4, 2001) received his education at Max Byth Ingenieurschule, Berlin, graduating with an…
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William A. Mrazek Collection
View the items in William A. Mrazek CollectionWilliam Anthony Mrazek “(October 20, 1911 to February 8, 1992)” received his education at Deutsche Technische Hochschule, Brünn, Germany, graduating…
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Willi Karl Kuberg Collection
View the items in Willi Karl Kuberg CollectionWilli Karl Kuberg (July 8, 1917 to August 13, 1994) "trained in industry as a mechanical technician" from 1934 to 1939 (Lundquist). Kuberg worked at…
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Werner Sieber Collection
View the items in Werner Sieber CollectionWerner Hans Sieber (March 27, 1912 to April 3, 1995) was a guided missiles expert during WWII (Wade). He received his education from Technical…
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Werner Kuers Collection
View the items in Werner Kuers CollectionWerner Richard Kuers was born on April 18, 1907 in Berlin, Germany. He attended Berlin Institute of Technology, and graduated December 1930 with a…
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Walter W. Jacobi Collection
View the items in Walter W. Jacobi CollectionWalter W. Jacobi was born on January 13, 1918 in Saalfeld, Germany. On November 16, 1946, Jacobi arrived in the United States under Operation…
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Space City Collection
View the items in Space City CollectionSpace City was to be an outer space theme park fantasy based in Huntsville; it was to capitalize on space's growing popularity as putting man on the…
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Southpaw Postcard Collection
View the items in Southpaw Postcard CollectionGeorge (Buzz) & Peg Heeschen have allowed us to include their collection of about 500 Huntsville and Madison County postcards, including scenes of…
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Skylab Collection
View the items in Skylab CollectionSkylab was the first space station operated by NASA; it was launched without a crew on May 14, 1973. Skylab had three manned missions: Skylab 2,…
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Saunders Kramer Collection
View the items in Saunders Kramer CollectionSaunders B. Kramer, a scientist and engineer, was born on October 30, 1920, and died on May 30, 2005. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., he graduated…
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Saturn V Collection
View the items in Saturn V CollectionThe Saturn V was a three-stage launch vehicle and the rocket that put man on the moon. (Detailed information about the Saturn V's three stages may be…
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Rudolf Hermann Collection
View the items in Rudolf Hermann CollectionRudolf Hermann was born in Leipzig, Germany, and he studied at the University of Leipzig and at the Aachen Institute of Technology. He first started…