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Wernher von Braun ()

Wernher von Braun () was one of the most important rocket developers and champions of space exploration during the period between the s and the s.

As a youth he became enamored with the possibilities of space exploration by reading the science fiction of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, and from the science fact writings of Hermann Oberth, whose classic study, Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen (By Rocket to Space), prompted young von Braun to master calculus and trigonometry so he could understand the physics of rocketry.

From his teenage years, von Braun had held a keen interest in space flight, becoming involved in the German rocket society, Verein fur Raumschiffarht (VfR), as early as As a means of furthering his desire to build large and capable rockets, in he went to work for the German army to develop ballistic missiles.

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While engaged in this work, on 27 July , von Braun received a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Berlin.

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