make this name disappear from this school!". Satirist Mort Sahl has been credited with mocking von Braun by saying "I aim at the stars, but sometimes I hit London." Summary of SS career SS number: 185,068 Nazi Party number: 5,738,692 Dates of rank SS-Anwärter: 1 November 1933 (Candidate; received rank upon joining SS Riding School) SS-Mann: July 1934 (Private) (left SS after graduation from the school; commissioned in 1940 with date of entry backdated to 1934) SS-Untersturmführer: 1 May 1940 (Second Lieutenant) SS-Obersturmführer: 9 November 1941 (First Lieutenant) SS-Hauptsturmführer: 9 November 1942 (Captain) SS-Sturmbannführer: 28 June 1943 (Major) Honors Elected Honorary Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society in 1949 Elliott Cresson Medal in 1962 Inducted into the International Aerospace Hall of Fame in 1965 Langley Gold Medal in 1967 Wilhelm Exner Medal in 1969 Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1975 Civitan International World Citizenship Award in 1970 National Aviation Hall of Fame (1982) In popular culture Film and television Von Braun has been featured in a number of films and television shows or series: "Man in Space", "Man and the Moon" and "Mars and Beyond" – episodes of Disneyland which originally aired on 9 March 1955, 28 December 1955 and 4 December 1957 respectively. I Aim at the Stars (1960) – also titled Wernher von Braun and Ich greife nach den Sternen ("I Reach for the Stars"); von Braun played by Curd Jürgens, his wife Maria played by Victoria Shaw. Although it was said that satirist Mort Sahl suggested the subtitle "But Sometimes I Hit London", the line appears in the film itself, spoken by actor James Daly who plays the cynical American press officer. Frozen Flashes (1967) – based on Julius Mader's documentary report "The Secret of Huntsville"; von Braun (only referred to as the "rocket baron") played by Dietrich Körner. Perfumed Nightmare (1977) – the main character, a Filipino who dreams of spaceflight, established a Wernher von Braun fan club in Laguna, Philippines. From the Earth to the Moon (TV, 1998) – von Braun played by Norbert Weisser. October Sky – a 1999 biographical film on the life of Homer Hickam and his fascination with rockets, who is inspired by von Braun (played by Joe Digaetran) Space Race (TV, BBC co-production with NDR (Germany), Channel One TV (Russia) and National Geographic TV (USA), 2005) – von Braun played by Richard Dillane. The Lost