Von Braun was one of about 120 German scientists who, in a then-secret U.S. project known as Operation Paperclip, were taken to the U.S. to develop military technology.

After World War II, Operation Paperclip quietly recruited German scientists to work on its most advanced weapons and space programs—including some who had been active in the Third Reich.

Operation Paperclip: ... Published Feb 14, 2023 7:49 AM Theodore von Karman, ... Prominent rocket scientist and former SS officer Wernher von Braun, ...

When World War II ended, von Braun and other members of his team surrendered to the U.S. They were brought to Texas as part of a CIA operation called Project Paperclip , where they continued to ...

One famed German rocket scientist, Wernher von Braun, spearheaded the development of Saturn V, the spacecraft that allowed the Apollo 11 astronauts to land on the moon, according to PBS.

The World War II secretary to German rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun has died in Alabama, ... The couple married in 1945, and in a then-secret U.S. effort known as Operation Paperclip, ...

Dorothea Schlidt, Wernher von Braun's secretary during the World War II development of the first military rockets, has died in Huntsville at age 100.