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Michael Shettles describes how NASA’s Saturn V program relied on innovative management and communication systems to coordinate the highly complex effort of building and launching the rocket. He explains that Marshall Space Flight Center developed an…

Early German rocketry in mid-1930s, especially wind tunnel research. Role of technical universities in such research on V-2 Rocket systems. Life in days leading up to and after the end of WWII. Coming to America through Operation Paperclip.

V-2 development in war time Germany, German aviation in 1930-1940s, Operation Paperclip after WWII, and adjustment to life in America as German immigrant. White Sands V-2 launches.

V-2 development in war time Germany. Participation in British Operation Backfire and American Operation Paperclip after WW II.

In this interview, Donald Stewart recounts the early development of Jack Conroy’s Pregnant Guppy aircraft and its critical role in NASA’s Saturn program. He explains how the concept evolved from modifying surplus Boeing Stratocruisers into oversized…

In this portion of the interview, Donald Stewart recounts a series of technical challenges, humorous incidents, and engineering decisions surrounding the development and operation of the Pregnant Guppy and Super Guppy transport aircraft for NASA’s…