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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 18 > Scientist helped put man on moon

Scientist helped put man on moon

German researcher Dannenberg aided U.S. in space race

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
February 18, 2009

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Konrad Dannenberg, a German rocket scientist who was part of the Wernher von Braun team that helped put the first American astronauts on the moon, has died. He was 96.

His wife, Jackie Dannenberg, said he died Monday of natural causes at a Huntsville rehabilitation....

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