Word: peenem
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...construct a rocket-powered wagon, and by the time he was 21 he had outlined the design for a moon rocket. His genius led the German army to employ him in 1932 to develop liquid-fueled rockets; by 1937 it had moved him to the Baltic Sea port of Peenemünde, where began the work that led to Hitler's dreaded V-2 rocket. As the war drew to a close, Von Braun was considering a missile that could reach New York City...
...early 1945, as Russian armies approached Peenemünde, Von Braun and many of his staff fled to Bavaria and surrendered to U.S. troops. The Americans recognized the value of their prisoner. Within a few months, he was working under contract to the U.S. Army at the White Sands Proving Grounds in New Mexico. By 1950, he was placed in charge of guided missile development at the Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Ala. In 1960, Von Braun, who had since become an American citizen, was named director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center at Huntsville and charged with building...