Born Maria von Quistorp in Berlin in 1928, she married Wernher von Braun in 1947 in Landshut, Germany, under U.S. military ...

Like Von Braun, the United States shared a vision for space travel, which led to the decision to bring the controversial German V-2 Rocket builder to work at NASA after World War II.

As its name implies, the concept for the station is inspired in part by the ideas of Wernher von Braun, who pioneered in the field of human spaceflight first for Nazi Germany and then for the U.S.

Margrit von Braun, daughter of the rocket pioneer Werhner von Braun, speaks about her early life in Huntsville and her father's moon mission on Feb. 19, 2019.

Assuming everything goes according to plan, NASA's Curiosity rover will touch down on the surface of Mars this Sunday, August 5th at 10:31 PDT. Curiosity ...

This clip from the DVD History of Spaceflight outlines Wernher von Braun’s vision for the colonization of space. Be sure to check out footage of von Braun from the rarely seen film Challenge of ...

The U.S. Space and Rocket Center has announced that Maria von Braun, the wife of Dr. Wernher von Braun, has passed away at 96.

Twin craters Author Lewis Bush uses two converging story lines to highlight parallels and contrasts in Wernher von Braun’s life. Here we see the craters on the Moon (left) compared to those at the RAF ...

Wernher von Braun, the father of American rocket science who designed the Saturn V rocket in Huntsville, Ala. was the subject of the Comedy Central television show Drunk History on its Season 3 ...

Great Pacific Media, the factual division of Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. is proud to announce the development of a premium scripted drama series based on the father of the American Space ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Maria von Braun, widow of rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun and a prominent figure in America's early space program, died Jan. 20 at her home in Alexandria.