Image: Max Valier in Rocket Car (1931)

Description: Austrian rocket pioneer Max Valier in his rocket car (circa 1928-1930). This is a cropped and contrast-enhanced version of an image from the Library of Congress online collection (see catalog information below). As the work of a US Government agency, copyright restrictions do not apply. The Library of Congress records this photograph as taken in 1931, but this cannot be so, as Valier died in 1930. TITLE: Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Dodd Road , Huntsville vicinity, Madison County, AL CALL NUMBER: HAER ALA,45-HUVI.V,7A- REPRODUCTION NUMBER: [See Call Number] MEDIUM: Measured Drawing(s): 7 (34 x 44 in.) Photo(s): 52 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.) Data Page(s): 79 plus cover page DATE: Documentation compiled after 1968. CREATOR: Historic American Engineering Record, creator RELATED NAME(S): Von Braun, Wernher Mercury-Redstone Army Ballistic Missile Agency National Aeronautic & Space Administration (NASA) NOTE: Survey number HAER AL-129-A Field note material exists for this structure (N182). Building/structure dates: 1952 initial construction Building/structure dates: 1954 subsequent work Building/structure dates: 1959 subsequent work National Register Number: 76000341 SUBJECTS: ALABAMA--Madison County--Huntsville vicinity OTHER TITLE: Marshall Space Flight Center, Interim Test Stand Marshall Space Flight Center, Building No. 4665 Redstone Arsenal COLLECTION: Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress) REPOSITORY: Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGID: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.al1184 18. HISTORIC VIEW OF MAX VALIER, FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE VEREIN FUER RAUMSCHIFFAHRT (GERMAN SOCIETY FOR SPACE TRAVEL), DRIVES HIS ROCKET CAR IN 1931. HAER ALA,45-HUVI.V,7A-18
Title: Max Valier in Rocket Car (1931)
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