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[i]Neufeld argues that von Braun should be remembered for four major accomplishments: [list=1][*]Developing the world's first ballistic missile, the V-2, for Germany during World War II. [*]Popularizing space exploration in the U.S. in the 1950s through a succession of articles, speeches, public appearances, and television broadcasts. The most important of these were the famed "Collier's" series of articles and the three Disney TV programs. [*]Launching the first U.S. satellite to orbit the Earth, Explorer 1, in January 1958, a significant rejoinder to the Sputnik launches of the fall of 1957. [*]Leading the technical development of the largest successful rocket ever built, the Saturn V launcher that took the Apollo astronauts to the Moon in the 1960s and 1970s.[/list][/i]
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