Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
Dr. von Braun and Dr. Debus With Pioneer IV Components
Full Description:
In this photo, Director of the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency's (ABMA) Development Operations Division, Dr. Wernher von Braun, and Director of Missile Firing Division, Dr. Kurt Debus, are shown with unidentified individuals, discussing two components that would make up the Pioneer IV Lunar Probe. The mercury batteries (left) were used to power the radio transmitter, cosmic radiation counter and other instruments in Pioneer IV. The conical shroud placed over the instruments of Pioneer IV was plated with gold to improve conductivity. The metal surface also served as the anterna for the probe's instruments signaling back to the Earth receiving stations.
Date of Image:
1959-03-01
Category:
Wernher von Braun
term:
von Braun
term:
Debus
term:
Pioneer IV
facet_who:
Dr. Wernher von Braun
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Mercury
facet_where:
Mercury
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
5900292
NIX #:
MSFC-5900292
MSFC Negative Number:
5900292
UID:
SPD-MARSH-5900292
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