Browse Items (1976 total)

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  V-2 rocket launch at Fort Bliss, Texas.

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  V-2 rocket in transport.

  The back of the photograph is stamped "Geheime Kommandosache" ("Secret Military Document").
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  Signed photograph of Wernher von Braun.

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  Hermes guided missile on display.

  The sign in front of the missile reads, "Hermes Guided Missile, U.S. Army Ordnance, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala."
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  Diagram of an A-4 rocket.

  The V-2 rocket was also called the A-4, or Aggregat 4, its technical name. The back of the diagram is stamped "Geheime Kommandosache" ("Secret Military Document").
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  Program from the Challenger disaster memorial service held in Huntsville, Alabama.

  The service was held in downtown Huntsville at the Von Braun Civic Center Concert Hall. The program includes remarks from Edward O. Buckbee, Mayor Joe Davis, and Alabama's Teacher in Space finalist Robert Kirchner.
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  Juno II launch.

  Juno II was developed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama.
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  Jupiter missile.

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  News clippings announcing new citizenship for a group of German teenagers living in Huntsville, Alabama.

  The members of the group were all children of German engineers who were brought to the United States under Operation Paperclip. The clippings include photos of the group with their new immigration registration cards.
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  Ballou Ballyhoo, vol. 9, issue 2, May 24, 1947.

  This newsletter was produced by the crew of the USAT General C.C. Ballou and includes information about services onboard, ship terminology, and news bulletins. The family of William A. Mrazek, an engineer who was already in the United States at Fort Bliss, Texas, immigrated from Germany to the United States on the Ballou. The newsletter was produced in both English and German.