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Kennedy and von Braun

Dr. Wernher von Braun explains the Saturn V Launch System to President John F. Kennedy.
Source: NASA
Published: November 16, 1963

Dr. Wernher von Braun explains the Saturn V Launch System to President John F. Kennedy. NASA Deputy Administrator Robert Seamans is to the left of von Braun.

The powerful Saturn V booster launched American astronauts to the moon during the Apollo program of the 1960s and 1970s.

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