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NASA Seeks Input On Cataloguing Documents Of Wernher Von Braun

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Monday, June 29th, 2009

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NASA requested suggestions on how to organize documents from from spaceflight pioneer Wernher von Braun into an electronic, searchable database or other system. The space agency would welcome thoughts from the public, academia, and industry. Von Braun was the first director of Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., and a key figure in developing the Saturn V rocket and the Apollo moon landing program. NASA has a full collection of "Weekly Notes" von Braun wrote during the 1960s and…

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