History of Rocketry & Space Travel
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1967. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 29 cm. xi, [1], 244 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Bibliography. Index. Introduction by Frederick C. Durant III, Some wear to edges. Ex-library with some of the usual library markings. Published for J. G. Ferguson Publishing Company/Chicago. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (March 23, 1912 – June 16, 1977) was a German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect. He was the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Germany and a pioneer of rocket and space technology in the United States. He helped design and develop the V-2 rocket at Peenemünde during World War II. Following the war, he worked for the United States Army on an intermediate-range ballistic missile program, and he developed the rockets that launched the United States' first space satellite Explorer 1. In 1960, his group was assimilated into NASA. More