Dieter Grau
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Dieter Grau was a German-born American aerospace engineer and member of the "von Braun rocket group", at Peenemünde working on the V-2 rockets in World War II. He was among the engineers who surrender
Von Braun's rocket team managers, Grau just right of center, meet to discuss Saturn-rocket configurations in 1961.
Saturn I
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The Saturn I was a rocket designed as the United States' first medium lift launch vehicle for up to 20,000-pound low Earth orbit payloads. Its development was taken over from the Advanced Research Pro
The first Saturn I was launched October 27, 1961.
A 1/20th-scale model of first-stage Saturn is prepared for testing in the 16-foot transonic wind tunnel at Arnold Air Force Base in the early 1960s
Von Braun, with JFK pointing at Saturn I at Cape Canaveral on 16 November 1963, weeks prior to its launch
A diagram of the S-I first stage of the Saturn I