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From the V-2 to the Saturn moon rocket, this is the inside story of the von Braun team, a group whose experiments in pyrotechnics eventually changed the course of world history.

From the V-2 to the Saturn moon rocket, this is the inside story of the von Braun team, a group whose experiments in pyrotechnics eventually changed the course of world history.

An Illustrated Memoir is a unique collection of photographs spanning von Braun's life from his childhood through Peenemunde, White Sands, Redstone & NASA Marshall Space Flight Center to his final years in Washington, D.C. When von Braun left NASA, John Noble Wilford wrote in The New York Times, "Von Braun's Departure Marks the End of an Era? (May 27, 1972). A Biographical Memoir describes the fascinating antecedents to the Apollo drama. It is based on close personal & professional relationships between von Braun & the authors" (34 years for Stuhlinger, 25 years for Ordway). Extracts from interviews, verbal & written comments, & recollections throughout the volume give dimension & stature to this man who, more than any other, symbolizes the Space Age.

“The best damned book from the point of view of the infantrymen who fought there.”—Army Times Among the best books ever written about men in combat, The Killing Zone tells the story of the platoon of Delta One-six, capturing what it meant to face lethal danger, to follow orders, and to search for the conviction and then the hope that this war was worth the sacrifice. The book includes a new chapter on what happened to the platoon members when they came home.

Traces the development of rockets from the Middle Ages to modern times.