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Marriage of Maria Braun...
...Army's Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., came Wernher von Braun, 45, the exuberant Prussian who had fathered the German V-2 rockets. He had been among those who rushed into American hands when the Third Reich collapsed. Von Braun souped up his Redstone missile, put a tiny satellite dubbed Explorer on top and sent it into orbit. There was no turning back...
...Space Camp is part of the Alabama Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, a showcase with museum, theater and "rocket park" that Wernher Von Braun developed in 1970 in connection with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center nearby. The camp has been open for several summers to young people ages ten to 16. Now for the first time, it is open to adults. They can come to the camp, at a cost of $350 each, to spend three days hearing lectures on space flight, getting a sampling of astronaut training and flying missions in the camp's simulated space shuttle...
...extant volumes more than doubled. Meanwhile, in a small room near Stuttgart, Forger Kujau was laboring furiously, filling ordinary classroom notebooks purchased in East Germany with facts cobbled together from history texts and his own imagination. "Must not forget to get tickets for the Olympic Games for Eva Braun," read one 1936 entry. "On my feet all day long," complained the Fuhrer in another. One of the final notations, in April 1945, lapses into an almost girlish "Dear Diary" style: "Must close now. Bormann wants all my documents to be sent away...
...institutional wake-up call, rarely pleasant and sometimes unreliable, has become a thing of the past for those equipped with tiny travel clocks. One of the latest: Braun's 3 1/8-in. by 2 1/2-in. voice-deactivated quartz model ($40). A crisp "Shut up!" silences the alarm for a satisfying four- minute snooze. Caffeine addicts no longer have to wait for room service if they are willing to lug along Melitta's 4-lb. automatic drip machine ($40), complete with filters, creamer and sugar bowl. The Take-along Desk Drawer ($40) fits tiny office supplies in a lightweight nylon case...