Wernher Von Braun - Published Works

Published Works

• Proposal for a Workable Fighter with Rocket Drive. July 6, 1939.
  • The proposed vertical take-off interceptor for climbing to 35,000 ft in 60 seconds was rejected by the Luftwaffe in the autumn of 1941 for the Me 163 Komet and never produced. (The differing Bachem Ba 349 was produced during the 1944 Emergency Fighter Program.)
• 'Survey' of Previous Liquid Rocket Development in Germany and Future Prospects. May 1945.
• A Minimum Satellite Vehicle Based on Components Available from Developments of the Army Ordnance Corps. September 15, 1954. "It would be a blow to U.S. prestige if we did not first."
• The Mars Project, Urbana, University of Illinois Press, (1953). With Henry J. White, translator.
• German Rocketry, The Coming of the Space Age. New York: Meredith Press. 1967.
• First Men to the Moon, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York (1958). Portions of work first appeared in This Week Magazine.
• Daily Journals of Werner von Braun, May 1958 – March 1970. March 1970.
• History of Rocketry & Space Travel, New York, Crowell (1975). With Frederick I. Ordway III.
  • 2nd Edition:, Estate of Wernher von Braun; Ordway III, Frederick I & Dooling, David Jr. (1985) . Space Travel: A History. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-181898-4.
• The Rocket's Red Glare, Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Press, (1976). With Frederick I. Ordway III.
• Project Mars: A Technical Tale, Apogee Books, Toronto (2006). A previously unpublished science fiction story by von Braun. Accompanied by paintings from Chesley Bonestell and von Braun's own technical papers on the proposed project.
• The Voice of Dr. Wernher von Braun, Apogee Books, Toronto (2007). A collection of speeches delivered by von Braun over the course of his career.