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Wernher von Braun
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Wernher von Braun

NASA / MSFC · 1961-01-01 · photograph (digital archive)

From the collection of NASA Image and Video Library. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Dr. von Braun tried out a floating platform in the Marshall Space Flight Center Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory. This was a test rig to help determine how future astronauts will be able to perform maintenance tasks in the weightlessness in space. This photograph is believed to have been taken in 1961.

NASA Image and Video Library’s own description
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von BraunFloating Platform
Credit lineWernher von Braun. NASA/MSFC, 1961-01-01. Public domain. ID: 9806974.
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