File:MSFC Early Rockets.jpg
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NASA Photo - 1962
Grady’s Space Chronicles
Just before JFK arrived on a tour, this picture was taken at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC’s) Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory Missile Assembly Building 4705. The C-1 Saturn I is shown in the background, bottom left is the Jupiter with Explorer IV mounted and in the foreground, is the Mercury-Redstone Rocket that placed our first Explorer I Satellite and the first Americans into space, Al Shepard and Gus Grissom. At the Nose of the Jupiter, myself, Grady Woodard (Project Engineer), and in front of the Mercury-Redstone; L/R is Doyle Estep (Assembly Shop Foremen), Bruno Helm (Assistant to Max Nowak), Max Nowak (Head, Missile Assembly Shops) and Robert Schwinghamer (Projects Engineer). This Historical Photo captures the only time this space hardware was assembled together. Dr. von Braun found it and used it in an appearance before the U.S. Senate.
See contributing story with this photo under Category: History Sub-Category: History Assays Title: Konrad Dannenberg Inspires
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| current | 16:19, 27 June 2007 | | 545 × 408 (94 KB) | Grady (talk | contribs) | NASA Photo 1962 On JFK’s tour, a picture was taken that shows myself (standing behind the Tail Section) and a group of German Scientists I worked with, who is in front of the Mercury-Redstone Rocket Nose Section. This rocket was used for our first Expl |
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