The first American rocket to reach outer space, May 1946; Wernher von Braun, inventor of the V-2 rocket and future inventor of the Saturn V rocket, at the end of WWII, May 1945

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£ 2 750
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20.11.2020 00:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Lot 1 | The first American rocket to reach outer space, May 1946; Wernher von Braun, inventor of the V-2 rocket and future inventor of the Saturn V rocket, at the end of WWII, May 1945
1 a
Louis Weintraub, US Army

“Rocket Man”: Wernher von Braun, inventor of the V-2 rocket and future inventor of the Saturn V rocket, surrendering to the US Army at the end of WWII

May 1945

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 18 x 18.2cm, original press photo with Pictorial Press London photo caption and Pictorial Press credit stamp on the verso

1 b
US Army / Unidentified Photographer

The first American rocket to reach outer space on pad at White Sands Missile Range

May 10, 1946

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.8 x 25.3cm (8 x 10in), original US Army Ordnance Proving Ground photograph, with printed caption “V-2 being placed in position for firing 10 May 1946” and “US Army Ordnance Proving Ground, White Sands, N.M.” below image, with two filing holes in left margin

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