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Wernher von Braun (1912-1977)

World-famous German-American rocket designer and pioneer of astronautics. Constructed, among others, the German V-2 rocket and American Saturn moon rockets. Born to a German aristocratic family in the town of Wirsitz (now Wyrzysk near Pila, Poland).

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Detailed and illustrated von Braun's biographies can be found among others in the websities of Redstone Arsenal and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.

Named after von Braun were:

• a medium-size crater (60 km diameter) on the near side of the Moon .

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