Clearly, von Braun saw the space-exploration potential of his rockets early on. But as troubling as it may be that America's great Saturn V was a descendant of the Nazi war machine, the whole ...

As the Soviet Army closed in on the German rocket base in Peenemünde, the leader of the V-2 team, Wernher von Braun, decided he’d rather be captured by Americans than by Soviets. He and his ...

Wernher von Braun led NASA'S development of the Saturn V rocket that took Apollo 11 to the Moon. His Nazi record was not widely known until after his death. By Michael J. Neufeld Several months ...

Von Braun became an advocate for space exploration during the 1950s. He eventually became part of NASA, where he became the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the super booster that ...

"The Saturn V has taken on this sort of legendary ... German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, who helped build the V-2 rocket, came to work for NASA in 1945 as part of Operation Paperclip.

A former Nazi party member, von Braun developed the rocket that launched United States’ first space satellite Explorer 1. He was also key to developing the Saturn V launch vehicle which enabled ...

In 1950, they relocated to Huntsville, Alabama, where Wernher von Braun led the team that developed the Saturn V rocket that would later send Americans to the moon. During Huntsville's ...