Word: wernher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Clark University Wernher von Braun, spaceman Sc.D. Citation: "Truly a modern Columbus. Space is his realm, the freeing of man from the chains of gravity which bind him to this planet...
...Hollywood the U.S.'s No. 1 rocketeer, German-born Wernher von Braun, cast a scientific eye on Cinemactor Curt Jurgens, showed German-born JÜrgens a replica of the nose cone of the Army's Pioneer III lunar probe, which soared more than a third of the way to the moon last December. Then the pair chatted amiably about JÜrgens' role as Von Braun in a film biography to be titled / Aim at the Stars...
...Other award winners: Missile Expert Wernher von Braun (TIME Cover, Feb. 17), Deputy Under Secretary of State Robert D. Murphy (TIME Cover, Aug. 25), Bureau of Prisons Director James V. Bennett, and Hazel K. Stiebeling, the Agriculture Department's Home Economics Institute director...
...Wernher von Braun-his accomplishments are out of this world...
...launch looked good. But lack of further reports made veteran "birdwatchers" sense that something had gone slightly wrong. Later that night came confirmation : Dr. Wernher von Braun, the Army's top space man, admitted that Juno II had missed perfection by a thin but sufficient hairbreadth. It was still climbing, but not climbing fast enough to get near the moon...