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AUTOGRAPHS OF ASTRONAUTS--OBTAlNED
DURING VISIT TO REDSTONE ARSENAL
30 June 1959
Astronauts Are Briefed
Five of the seven astronauts, ODe of wtiom wfrr" be thei.iri .Americah in space, are briefed
by missile expert Wernher von Braun at Redstone Arsenal. Left to right are Lt. Cmdr.
Walter l\I. Schirra, Lt. Cmdr. Alan B. Shepar d Jr., Capt. Virgil I. Grissom, Lt. Col. John
H. Glenn Jr., Lt. Malcolm S. Carpenter and von Braun. Astronauts not shown are Capt. Le
roy G. Cooper Jr. and Capt. Donald K. Slayt on. (Timesioto by Mel Martin).
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William A. Mrazek Collection
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This collection is digital only. This collection was generously lent to UAH for digitization by Ursula Mrazek Vann.
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William A. Mrazek Collection
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William Anthony Mrazek “(October 20, 1911 to February 8, 1992)” received his education at Deutsche Technische Hochschule, Brünn, Germany, graduating with an engineering diploma in 1935 (Wade, Lundquist). Mrazek worked at Peenemünde from 1941 to 1945 as a loads engineer (Lundquist, Wade). He worked with Wernher von Braun at Peenemünde. <br /><br />Mrazek was brought to America through Operation Paperclip and arrived at Fort Bliss on April 8, 1946 (Wade, Lundquist). In 1950, Mrazek moved to Huntsville, Alabama, and worked for the U.S. Army’s rocket programs until 1960.<br /><br />By 1960, Mrazek became Director, Structures and Mechanics Division at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, and by February 1969, he became the Assistant Director for Engineering for Industrial Operations (Wade, Lundquist). Mrazek later served as the “Chief Engineer for all Saturn development and fabrication work, reporting to the Saturn V Project Manager,” from “1965 to 1970” (Lundquist).<br /><br />Mrazek retired from the Marshall Space Flight Center in 1973 (Lundquist).<br /><br />Works Cited<br /><br />Lundquist, Charles. "Transplanted Rocket Pioneers," 2015.<br /><br />Wade, Mark. "Mrazek, Willi." <em>Encyclopedia Astronautica</em>, http://www.astronautix.com/m/mrazek.html.
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spc_mraz_0000064
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Autographs of the Mercury Seven astronauts.
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The group gave out autographs during their visit to Redstone Arsenal in 1959. A news clipping with a photograph of five of the seven astronauts in Huntsville is attached.
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<i>Huntsville Times</i>
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1959-06-30
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1950-1959
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Astronauts--United States
Project Mercury (U.S.)
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
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Clippings
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William A. Mrazek Collection
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama
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This collection is digital only.
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en
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This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though the University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.
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