^Lot 497 Wernher von Braun

Typed biography, one page, 8.5 x 11, April 1974. von Braun signs at the conclusion of his bio which reads, in full: “(born 1912), American engineer and rocket expert, born Wirsitz, German (now Wyrzysk, n. w. Poland); to U. S. 1945, became citizen 1955; head of team of scientists, U. S. space programs, 1950–, director of Space Flight Center (NASA), at Huntsville, Alabama, 1960–; designer of Jupiter C rocket which lifted first U. S. artificial earth satellite into orbit; author of ‘Mars Project’, coauthor of ‘Across the Space Frontier’, ‘Conquest of the Moon.’ In fine condition, with light toning and creasing.