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The Team and the Jupiter at Redstone Arsenal
A long profile of the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama detailing the arrival of 130 German scientists including Wernher von Braun and Ernst Stuhlinger. It notes their work on the V2 and Jupiter rockets, the scale of the operation at Redstone, and unease over potential fragmentation as U S military plans shift toward IRBM and ICBM programs. The article references the Atlas and Thor missiles, recent launches, and the tension between pursuit of space goals and wartime origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peenemunde
Germany
Baltic Sea
London
Third Reich
Arsenal
Huntsville
United States
Birmingham
Wernher von Braun
Redstone
Ernst Stuhlinger
Stalingrad
Martin Schilling
Wilhelm Angele
Herman Oberth
Hermannstadt
Transylvania Oberth
Adolph
Parlin
Charles E. Wilson
Army
Air Force
Wilson
Navy
Thor
Vanguard
Atlas
Cape Carneval
Fla
Atlantic
Pagan
Army Ballistics Missiles Agency
von Braun