Wernher Von BraunJason Davis and Emma Tester

Early life

• Born in ___________ on March 23, 1912

• Developed a passion for astronomy when he received ______________ from his mother.

• He was enrolled at the Berlin Institute of ___________ in the 1920s.

• He graduated with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1932.

Early life (cont)

• While enrolled at Berlin, he joined the _________ _____________, and assisted Oberth in liquid-fueled rocket motor tests.

• By December of 1984, his group had successfully launched ___ rockets, though by this time rocket tests had been forbidden by decree.

work in america

• At the end of WII, Braun and his rocket development team surrendered to US troops.

• Within a few months, Braun was at the Ordnance Corps test site in _________.

• He and his team were outstanding, making discoveries in advanced _______ and __________ missiles.

Work in america (cont)

• In _____, he became the technical director of of the U.S. Army __________ program, and under his leadership weapons such as the Juno and Pershing missiles were developed.

• In 1955 he became an American citizen.

• In the 1950s he was a focal point for promotion of space flight.

More work in America

• In 1954, a secret military project called _______ _________ was foiled.

• After the Soviet Union's Sputniks in 1957, his group launched the first U.S. satellite, _______ 1, on Jan. 31, 1958.

• Once NASA was formed Braun and his organization were transferred from the army to the newly formed agency.

NASA• On March 1970 Braun was

transferred to the NASA headquarters in Washington DC as the deputy associate administrator for _______.

• As director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Braun led the development of the large space launch vehicles, Saturn I, IB, and V.

A.N. (After NASA)

• He resigned from NASA in 1972 to become Vice President at _______ Industries.

• Braun later founded the National Space Institute in _____.

• It was a private organization whose objective was was to gain public support and the understating of space activities.

• During his later career, he also received several awards from U.S. agencies and societies in both America and other countries.

Abschluss

• Abschließend ziemlich verbrachte Wernher sein ganzes Leben dem Studium der Wissenschaft. Er machte viele wichtige Beiträge zur Raketenwissenschaft und gründete die National Space Institute.

Appendix 1• The Chinese developed the first rocket around ____ AD.

• Practical space rockets are made up of multiple rockets joined together in '______'.

• Von Braun is still considered one of the most important rocket scientists in US history.

• Rockets can fly because of Newton's Third Law of Motion.

• Until the 1900s, rockets were small.

Appendix 2

• 'Rakete' - Rocket

• 'Die Rakete zu den ___________' - "The Rocket into Interplanetary Space"

• 'Technische Universität Berlin' - The Berlin University of Technology

• '________' - Supersonic anti-aircraft missile

• 'Vergeltungswaffe 2' - "Retribution Weapon 2"