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  Ernst Geissler Collection

  Ernst D. Geissler was born on August 4, 1915 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany, where he attended grammar school and high school until 1934. From there, he…

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  Gertrude Conard Collection

  Gertrude Conard (February 17, 1924 to May 20, 2008) was the personal secretary of William R. Lucas, the fourth Director of the George C. Marshall…

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  Helmut Horn Collection

  Helmut Horn (June 24, 1912 to January 1, 1994) was a member of von Braun's Rocket Team.
  
  Helmut Horn earned an MS in engineering from the Institute…

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• Apollo 11 Launch Film

  This film shows the "VIP" section of seating for the Apollo 11 launch. The film shows them going to the stands and then watching the rocket as it…

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  Burwell Family Collection

  View Edwin D. Burwell's World War II service timeline, 1943-1944

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  Space City Collection

  Space 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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• Bob Ward Collection

  "Bob Ward (1934 to 2018), a former managing editor and editor-in-chief of the "Huntsville Times," has written extensively about space since 1957. The…

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• Anthony Young Collection

  Anthony Young was born in 1950. He graduated from Pratt Institute with a B.A. degree in Industrial Design. Mr. Young has worked for over twenty years…

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  George F. McCanless, Jr. Collection

  George F. McCanless, Jr., husband of Christel Ludewig McCanless, is an expert on Space Station Freedom, microgravity research, aerodynamics, and…

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  M. Louis Salmon Collection

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  Robert McBrayer Collection

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  John Rison Jones Collection

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  Christel W. Ludewig McCanless Collection

  Christel Ludewig McCanless was born in Germany in 1939. Her father, Hermann Ludewig, was one of the V-2 engineers at Peenemuende. Consequently, she…

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  UAH History Collection

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  George Landwehr von Pragenau Collection

  George Landwehr von Pragenau was born January 5, 1927 in Austria and became a U.S. citizen in November 1963. Von Pragenau joined the von Braun team in…

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  Werner Sieber Collection

  Werner 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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  Hermann Ludewig Collection

  Hermann Richard Rudolf Ludewig was born October 12, 1898 in Berlin, Germany. From December 1916 to January 1919, he served in the German Army in…

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  Ronald Lancaster Collection

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  Werner Kuers Collection

  Werner 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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  Jack A. Jones Collection

  Jack A. Jones was born on August 16, 1935 to Albin Oscar and Jennie Katharine Pickett Jones in Fayetteville, Tennessee. He remained in Fayetteville,…

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