Wernher von Braun Signed Photograph.
"Everything science has taught me, and continues to teach me, strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death": Original photograph signed by the father of rocket technology, Wernher von Braun
Wernher von Braun Signed Photograph.
VON BRAUN, Wernher.
$2,500.00
Item Number: 136509
Original black and white photograph signed by German-American aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun. Signed by von Braun on the lower right corner, “For “Busher” Bill affectionately Wernher von Braun.” In very good condition. The photograph measures 10 inches by 8 inches.
Reputedly the father of rocket technology and space science in the United States, German aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun moved to the United States after WWII as part of Operation Paperclip. While working for the United States Army, von Braun developed the rockets that launched the United States' first space satellite, Explorer 1, and acted as the chief architect of the Saturn V super heavy-lift launch vehicle that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon. Von Braun recieved the National Medal of Science in 1975 and has been featured in countless movies, television series and novels including Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow and the 1998 television miniseries From the Earth to the Moon.
