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

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 ...

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 was regarded as the preeminent rocket engineer of the 20th century in his role with NASA and chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the superbooster that propelled the ...

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.