June 26, 2009

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100 john yembrick-1@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-115

NASA ANNOUNCES REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON VON BRAUN COLLECTION

WASHINGTON -- On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the historic first moon landing, NASA is seeking ideas from the public, academia, and industry about how to analyze and catalog notes from spaceflight pioneer Wernher von Braun into an electronic, searchable database or other system

Von Braun was the first director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala , and a key figure in the development of the Saturn V rocket and NASA's Apollo program NASA has a full collection of "Weekly Notes" von Braun wrote during the 1960s and 1970s These notes were used to track programmatic and institutional issues at Marshall, and are considered by many historians to be a valuable source of data

NASA has issued a request for information and is looking for concepts that will provide an innovative resource for agency engineers and scientists, as well as researchers in academia and industry

For additional information and to view the request for information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/directorates/somd/home

For more a complete biography of von Braun, visit:

http://history msfc nasa gov/vonbraun/bio html

NASA is planning several activities and events for the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing on July 20 The events will celebrate the Apollo Program, its accomplishments, and the benefits to our lives today

For more information about NASA's Apollo 40th Anniversary activities, visit:

http://www nasa gov/apollo40th

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