\"Von Braun Rocket Group\" William Mrazek Signed 3X5.5 Card for Sale

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\"Von Braun Rocket Group\" William Mrazek Signed 3X5.5 Card For Sale

Up for sale a RARE! "Von Braun Rocket Group" William Mrazek Hand Signed 3X5.5 Card.

20, 1911 - February 8, 1992)] was a German-American loads engineer and member of the "von Braun rocket group." Mrazek worked first

at Peenemünde Army Research

Center and later, through Operation Paperclip,

at Fort Bliss and the Marshall Space Flight

Center, where he was involved with the development of the Saturn V rocket. Mrazek was born in 1911 in what was then

Austria-Hungary. He graduated from Deutsche

Technische Hochschule, where he earned his Dipl. Ing., in 1935. Mrazek

spent some military time after graduation on the Eastern Front,

where he received a saber wound to his face; following his injury, he began

work at Peenemünde, which continued from 1941 to 1945. In 1946, Mrazek was one

of the engineers and scientists invited to the United States through Operation

Paperclip, arriving with von Braun's team at Fort Bliss on April 8. The

Marshall Space Flight Center employed Mrazek, naming him Director of Structures

and Mechanics Division in 1960; by 1969, he held the position of Assistant

Director for Engineering for Industrial Operations. Mrazek also reported to the

Saturn V Project Manager as Chief Engineer for all development and fabrication

work on the rocket from 1965 to 1970. While working on the Saturn V, Mrazek and

his team clashed with American aviation companies who were subcontracted on the

project. One such instance involved an argument with North American Aviation over

internal loads in the rocket's S-II phase; North American was

ultimately proven right, to Mrazek's consternation.

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