Max Nowak, Heinrich Paetz and Albert Schuler

The three German rocket scientists all died last week in Alabama. The trio were part of the team led by Wernher von Braun which developed the V-1 and V-2 rockets. After World War II, they (and 124 other German rocket scientists) came to the U.S., where they worked on the U.S. space program, contributing to the Redstone, Jupiter, Saturn 1 and Saturn V rocket programs. Nowak, 89, died July 7; Paetz, 88, died July 9 and Schuler, 83, died July 10. From This is True for 12 July 1998 Suggestions for further reading: Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover)) by Brian Floca Amazon Price: $12.23 Customer Review: I work in space exploration and I really enjoyed reading this book to my 4 year old. It held his attention all the way to the end. After I closed the book he asked me "If I grow up to be an astronaut, will there still be places that no one has been...   Space: A Nonfiction Companion to Midnight on the Moon (Magic Tree House Resea... by Mary Pope Osborne, Will Osborne Amazon Price: $4.99 Customer Review: This book has inacurate facts like saturn has the most moons -it has 31 ..jupiter has 60 get your facts strait before screwing up kids heads! not good ..   Mission Control, This is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon by Andrew Chaikin Amazon Price: $16.31 Customer Review: This book is perfectly laid out for enjoyment and understanding. A nice quick overview of each of the manned Apollo missions. It includes original paintings by astronaut Al Bean (the fourth man on the moon). Very good book for space rac...   Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon by Craig Nelson Amazon Price: $10.15 Customer Review: Mister Nelson: I understand, through your other written works, that you are a scholar of Thomas Paine. I would suggest that pondering a quotation attributed to Paine may give you some assistance when considering re-editing your book "Ro...   Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences by Andrew Chaikin Amazon Price: $11.80 Customer Review: Andrew Chaikin is one of the greatest living Apollo historians: I still hold his brilliant "A Man on the Moon" up as the single best comprehensive introduction to Apollo when recommending books on the program. In "Voices From the Moon", Chaikin and V...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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