In this 1961 photo, rocket scientist Wernher von Braun shows Alabama congressman Bob Jones the site of a proposed research institute at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Bob Jones Jr. and Wernher von Braun
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Courtesy of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command, Redstone Arsenal
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