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Interview 1

Rocketdyne Engineer

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…

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.

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.

Interview and Question and Answer session with Apollo 11 Astronauts circa 1989. Discussion focuses on future NASA plans

Anthony Young was raised in Wilmington, Delaware. He recalls the influence of the space race, Tom Swick Jr. novels, and model rocketry on his career choice, convincing him to get involved with design and engineering. He went to Delaware Tech, and…

Ann was raised near Plainsvile, GA, and majored in physics at Berry College. She went to the University of Alabama, and inspired by Sputnik, got a job at MSFC in 1963. Beginning with materials development for propulsion and vehicles engineering, she…