Werner Büdeler

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Werner Büdeler (born May 20, 1928 ; † June 15, 2004 in Überlingen am Bodensee ) was a German specialist journalist and non-fiction author, as well as a member of the board of the German Aerospace Society .

Life

He wrote on many subjects in the natural sciences and technology , but his focus was on astronomy and especially space travel . He was not only active as an author , but was also the editor of the magazine "Weltraumfahrt / Raketentechnik" for years and designed numerous television programs . For example, he was a reporter for ARD in Cape Canaveral and Houston during the Apollo and Skylab flights .

In 1970 he was awarded the Jules Verne Medal for his services to space journalism.

Works (selection)

  • Astronomy in numbers . Central German printing and publishing company, Halle (Saale) 1948.
  • The star run 1950 (ed.). W. Schütz, Munich 1950.
  • Telescopes, rockets, stars . Publisher Paul Müller, Munich 1953.
  • The atom - energy source of the future . Müller u. Kiepenheuer Verlag, Bergen / Obb 1954.
  • Flight to the moon . Franz Schneider Verlag, Munich 1954.
  • Project vanguard . Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft Stuttgart, 1956.
  • Moons made by human hands . Union Verlag, Stuttgart 1962.
  • On the trail of the stars . C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh 1963.
  • Advancing into the unknown - the great adventure of research . Ehrenwirth Verlag, Munich 1963.
  • Space travel - possibilities and limits . C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh 1965.
  • Battle for space . Scrapbook. Heinerle Hugo Hein KG 1967
  • Departure into space . Ehrenwirth Verlag, Munich 1968.
  • Project Apollo - The Adventure of the Moon Landing . Bertelsmann, 1969. ( Number 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list from September 15 to 21 and from October 6 to October 26, 1969 )
  • Skylab . Econ-Verlag, Düsseldorf, Vienna 1973, ISBN 3-430-11592-2 .
  • Space travel in Germany . Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf 1976, ISBN 3-548-03444-6 .
  • Spacelab - Europe's laboratory in space . Goldmann, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-442-30314-1 .
  • View into space . Mosaik Verlag, Munich 1978
  • History of space travel . Stürtz, Würzburg 1979, ISBN 3-893-93194-5 .
  • Fascinating space . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-421-02715-3 .

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