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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Hermann Oberth Collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1989.0091
- Creators:
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Oberth, Hermann, 1894-1989
- Dates:
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1923, 1955-1959bulk 1958-1959
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.23 Cubic feet(1 slim legal document box)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of material in German and English documenting Oberth's life and career in the field of astronautics. The information includes six photographs, an article written by him for Space Journal, correspondence between Dr. Oberth and the donor Anton Palmai, and four books, three of which are in German.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Hermann Oberth (1894 - 1989) was known as the Father of Astronautics. Born in Rumania in 1894, he received his German citizenship in 1941. After extensive studying at Gottingen, Heidelberg, Klausenbury, Munich and Vienna, he became a teacher, having at one time Dr. Wernher von Braun as his pupil. In 1923 he published his first work, The Rocket to the Planets, the first book to treat the theory of rockets as applicable to space flight in a scientific manner. Oberth was one of the three great rocket pioneers of the world, along with Professor Goddard of America and Professor Ziolkovsky of Russia.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anton Palmai, Gift, 1989, 1989-0091, NASM
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
More Information
General
General
NASMrev
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Space flight | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Rockets (Aeronautics) | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Rocketry | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Astronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Publications | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Correspondence | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Articles | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Oberth, Hermann, 1894-1989 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Palmai, Anton | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Von Braun, Wernher, 1912-1977 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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