THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS VISITED THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (MSFC) ON MARCH 9, 1962 TO GATHER FIRSTHAND INFORMATION OF THE NATION'S SPACE EXPLORATION PROGRAM. THE CONGRESSIONAL GROUP WAS COMPOSED OF MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANNED SPACE FLIGHT. THE SUBCOMMITTEE WAS BRIEFED ON MSFC'S MANNED SPACE EFFORTS EARLIER IN THE DAY AND THEN INSPECTED MOCKUJPS OF THE SATURN I WORKSHOP AND THED APOLLO TELESCOPE MOUNT, TWO ROJECTS DEVELOPED BY MSFC FOR THE POST-APOLLO PROGRAM. IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH, MSFC DIRECTOR, DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN (FAR RIGHT) IS HAVI

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THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS VISITED THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (MSFC) ON MARCH 9, 1962 TO GATHER FIRSTHAND INFORMATION OF THE NATION'S SPACE EXPLORATION PROGRAM. THE CONGRESSIONAL GROUP WAS COMPOSED OF MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANNED SPACE FLIGHT. THE SUBCOMMITTEE WAS BRIEFED ON MSFC'S MANNED SPACE EFFORTS EARLIER IN THE DAY AND THEN INSPECTED MOCKUJPS OF THE SATURN I WORKSHOP AND THED APOLLO TELESCOPE MOUNT, TWO ROJECTS DEVELOPED BY MSFC FOR THE POST-APOLLO PROGRAM. IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH, MSFC DIRECTOR, DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN (FAR RIGHT) IS HAVING A DISCUSSION WITH (LEFT TO RIGHT); DIETER GRAU, MSFC; JAMES G. FULTON, REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE OF PENNSYLVANIA; AND JOE WAGONNER, DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE OF LOUISIANA. Marshall Space Flight Center 165513 1962

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