![Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center, explains the purpose of a thermal curtain in the mockup of a Saturn I workshop to U.S. Representative Armistead Seldon of Alabama.](https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/0900161/0900161~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1427&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint)
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Educators, Students
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Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12
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History, Biographies, Scientists and Inventors
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Wernher von Braun, one of the greatest rocket scientists in history, led the development of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped land men on the moon.
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