Dr. Wernher von Braun stands beside the Saturn V dynamic test vehicle’s five F-1 engines, now displayed at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Each engine is about 19 feet (5.8 m) tall, with a nozzle exit roughly 12.5 feet (3.8 m) across. Together, the cluster consumed on the order of 15 tons of liquid oxygen and RP-1 kerosene per second and generated about 7.5 million pounds of liftoff thrust. #jet #aviation #Rockets #ww2 | Jets 'n' Props

2K views | Wernher von Braun was the man who convinced President Kennedy that we can beat the Russians to the moon. He cut his teeth building rockets for the Nazi regime. American Experience | PBS Look for him in #ChasingTheMoonPBS, premiering July 8 at 9 p.m. on WEDU PBS. | WEDU PBS | Facebook

As the director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Wernher von Braun led NASA'S development of the Saturn V rocket that took Apollo 11 to the Moon. His Nazi record was not widely known until after his death. | American Experience | PBS

3K views · 135 reactions | Today, we honor Wernher von Braun on his birthday! Check out this video of von Braun talking about the NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center bus tour at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. | U.S. Space & Rocket Center | Facebook