From Nazis to NASA
Will be published approx. on 1. February 2006
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-0-7509-4303-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
710 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-4303-1 (9780750943031)
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BOB WARD, former editor of The Huntsville Times, has written extensively about space since 1957. He covered the Wernher von Braun rocket team for years as a reporter and as a correspondent to technical and trade periodicals in New York. This is his fifth book on space subjects. He and his wife and family live in Huntsville, Alabama - 'Rocket City, USA'.