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Creator:
Oberth, Hermann, 1894-1989  Search this
Names:
Oberth, Hermann, 1894-1989  Search this
Palmai, Anton  Search this
Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977  Search this
Extent:
0.23 Cubic feet ((1 slim legal document box))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Publications
Correspondence
Articles
Photographs
Date:
1923, 1955-1959
bulk 1958-1959
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of material in German and English documenting Oberth's life and career in the field of astronautics. The information includes six photographs, an article written by him for Space Journal, correspondence between Dr. Oberth and the donor Anton Palmai, and four books, three of which are in German.
Biographical / Historical:
Hermann Oberth (1894 - 1989) was known as the Father of Astronautics. Born in Rumania in 1894, he received his German citizenship in 1941. After extensive studying at Gottingen, Heidelberg, Klausenbury, Munich and Vienna, he became a teacher, having at one time Dr. Wernher von Braun as his pupil. In 1923 he published his first work, The Rocket to the Planets, the first book to treat the theory of rockets as applicable to space flight in a scientific manner. Oberth was one of the three great rocket pioneers of the world, along with Professor Goddard of America and Professor Ziolkovsky of Russia.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
Anton Palmai, Gift, 1989, 1989-0091, NASM
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Space flight  Search this
Rockets (Aeronautics)  Search this
Rocketry  Search this
Astronautics  Search this
Genre/Form:
Publications
Correspondence
Articles
Photographs
Identifier:
NASM.1989.0091
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg269eb4c8a-6027-47cb-9c7f-ae462d7eea89
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-1989-0091