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Phone call from Bob Ward to Harry Atkins. Conversation about Wernher von Braun stories and how the space program began in Huntsville. Also discussed is historical revisionism around von Braun and his team.

Transcript with notes on a Phone call from Bob Ward to Harry Atkins. Conversation about Wernher von Braun stories and how the space program began in Huntsville. Also discussed is historical revisionism around von Braun and his team.

Axel's spaceflight history begins with his father, Ludwig "Rote" Roth, who worked on the V2 program at Peenemünde. Following several relocations over the course of the war, the family would be split, then reunited in El Paso, Texas. The family would…

Rocketdyne Engineer

This Bauer oral history interview focuses on the technological evolution of Douglas Aircraft’s S-IV and S-IVB rocket stages, emphasizing how experience from the earlier S-IV program directly informed the simpler, more efficient S-IVB design. Harold…

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Interview with Harold Bauer and Adrian O'Neal begins at 00:00:26. Interview with Adrian O'Neal alone begins at 00:10:10. Interview with Harold Bauer alone begins at 00:31:28.

The interview with Harold Bauer and Adrian O’Neal explores the…

Talk between Leland Belew and Bob Ward about Wernher von Braun. Belew relates a couple of stories relation to von Braun's planning ability, his role in Skylab, and his awareness of his illness.

This interview also contains the end of the Ferrell/Lewis interview. Interview with Leland Belew begins at 00:07:20.

The interview centers on the development of the Saturn rocket propulsion systems, with engineers and historians discussing the…

Transcript with notes on a Talk between Leland Belew and Bob Ward about Wernher von Braun. Belew relates a couple of stories relation to von Braun's planning ability, his role in Skylab, and his awareness of his illness.