Memorial Tributes Volume 9 (2001) / Chapter Skim
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EBERHARD F.M. REES, a member of Wernher von Braun's team that designed the rockets used for the lunar landing in 1969, died April 2, 199S, one month short of his ninetieth birthday at a hospital in Florida.
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was established in late 1958, and the army's missile development division was brought into the fold in the fall of 1960 and was renamed the Marshall Space Flight Center. I had become the associate administrator of NASA in the late summer of 1960 and was asked to address its senior management at a retreat in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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It was also apparent that determination, resoluteness and faith would be vital if the goal were to be achieved." The result was Saturn V, the most powerful launch vehicle ever built. After two successful unmanned test flights, this vehicle provided the lifting capability for two manned circumlunar flights, six manned lunar landings, and one orbital laboratory.
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The ultimate performance of Apollo benefited greatly from his extensive experience in rocket technology as well as his thoughtful human qualities. When Wernher was invited to NASA headquarters to assist in long-range planning, Eberharcl became the director of the Marshall Space Flight Center.
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He was a fellow of the AlAA ant! the Arnerican Astronautical Society, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the von Braun Astronomical Society, and an honorary member of the Hermann Oberth Society, Germany.
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