In his hand von Braun holds a model of the 1955 Disney ferry rocket's piloted glider; near his head part of a model of his wheel-shaped space station can be seen. NASA.

HUNTSVILLE | Wernher von Braun, the German physicist who oversaw most of the achievements of the U.S. space program until his death in 1977, might not have been as successful if it weren't for ...

Werhner von Braun, then Chief, Guided Missile Development Operation Division at Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, was visited by Walt Disney in 1954.

The first time I ever saw Wernher von Braun he was on the Disneyland show and he was talking with Walt Disney about the possibility of rockets going into space. Square-jawed, broad-shouldered, and ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Alabama will honor Ed Buckbee in Huntsville Monday night for building the state's largest tourist attraction at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center and starting Space Camp, the ...

Well-known as the leader of the American rocket team, which sought the launch astronauts into space, Wernher von Braun initially designed rockets for his native country of Germany during World War ...

(For more about von Braun's Nazi past, click here. After the war, von Braun, who orchestrated the surrender of 500 of his rocket scientists to Allied forces, went to work for the U.S. Army.

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. She was 96. Born Maria von Quistorp in ...

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.