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“My friends they were dancing here in the streets of Huntsville when our first satellite orbited the Earth. They were dancing again when the first Americans landed on the Moon. I'd like to ask you, don't hang up your dancing slippers.”

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Wernher von Braun
Wernher von Braun

German rocket scientist known as the 'Father of Rocketry'. Wernher von Braun worked for Nazi Germany during World War II and continued his rocket research in the United States after the war, making significant contributions to human space exploration. more

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