Rudolph managed the Marshall Space Flight Center Saturn V Program Office.

Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph (November 9, 1906 - January 1, 1996) was a rocket scientist first for Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945 and later the United States for the Army and NASA where he managed the development of the Saturn V moon rocket. Rudolph was brought to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip. Rudolph received an honorary doctorate of science degree from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida on February 23, 1959. Arthur Rudolph holds the top half of a model of the Saturn V rocket for which he was project manager at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. ... Arthur Rudolph holds the top half of a model of the Saturn V rocket for which he was project manager at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. ... The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center is a lead NASA center for propulsion and for computers, networks, and information management. ... This article is about the rocket. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... A Redstone rocket, part of the Mercury program A rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust gas from within a rocket engine. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (established 1958) is the government agency responsible for the United States of Americas space program and long-term general aerospace research. ... This article is about the rocket. ... Crust composition Oxygen 43% Silicon 21% Aluminium 10% Calcium 9% Iron 9% Magnesium 5% Titanium 2% Nickel 0. ... Operation Paperclip scientists pose together. ... Rollins College is an institution of higher learning located in Winter Park, Florida and was founded in 1885. ... Winter Park is a city located in Orange County, Florida. ... State nickname: Everglade State, Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Rudolph was born in Stepfershausen, Meiningen, Germany. He attended technical school at the University of Berlin. He married Martha Therese Kohls (July 5, 1905-?) on October 3, 1935 in Berlin. They had one daughter, Marianne in 1939. Meiningen is a town in Germany - located in the Southern part of the state Thuringia in the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen. ... There is no institution called the University of Berlin, but there are four universities in Berlin, Germany: Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin) Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin) This is... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Berlin (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ...

During World War II, Rudolph served as a production engineer for the German V-2 rocket project. From 1945 to 1958, Rudolph was employed by the Department of the Army to work with its missile program first at Fort Bliss, Texas, then in San Diego, California in connection with the Solar Aircraft Corporation. He was naturalized as an American citizen November 11, 1954. Rudolph went to work at NASA immediately after its creation in 1958. He served as the project director of the Saturn V rocket program. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... German test launch. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Fort Bliss is a census-designated place and US Army post located in El Paso County, Texas. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None. ... City nickname Americas Finest City City flower Carnation City urban tree Jacaranda City native tree Torrey Pine Mayor Dick Murphy* City Attorney Michael Aguirre City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Scott Peters Michael Zucchet Toni Atkins Tony... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (established 1958) is the government agency responsible for the United States of Americas space program and long-term general aerospace research. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the rocket. ...

Following the allegations, by the United States Justice Department Office of Special Investigations, of his role in the persecution of slave laborers at the underground V-2 missile factory at Peenemünde. Rudolph renounced his citizenship November 28, 1983 and became a West German citizen thereafter. He left the United States in 1984 and then returned to West Germany where he was exonerated of war crimes charges. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is a Cabinet department in the United States government designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans. ... Peenemündes position in Germany Peenemünde is a village in the northeast of the German island of Usedom on the Peene river, on the easternmost part of the German Baltic coast. ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• FBI Dossier on Arthur Rudolph (http://foia.fbi.gov/arudolph.htm)
• National Archives opening records (http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/1999/12/nara121499.html)
• Arthur Rudolph and the Rocket that Took Us to the Moon (http://www.aeroscientists.org/files/arthur.pdf)
• United States' House of Representatives resolution to authorize the House Judiciary Committee to investigate evidence relative to Authur Rudolph and possible civil rights violations against him by the Office of Special Investigations. (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c101:H.RES.404:|)