HUNTSVILLLE, Alabama _ There's the public side and the personal side of German-turned-American rocket scientist Dr. Wernher von ... shows von Braun with his left arm still in a sling from a ...

Johnson in turn twisted the arm of NASA Administrator Webb, and Webb twisted the arm of Wernher von Braun. Over the next six weeks, NASA engaged in its most significant and sustained action on ...

"Wernher Von Braun, who helped guide the American space ... Von Braun's car plunged over a 60-foot cliff and his arm was broken in three places. He was recuperating in the Bavarian Alps when ...

The other day I ran into Dr. Wernher von Braun – in a very strange and unlikely place. Unless you are a boomer or early Gen Xer you may not even have heard about him. And maybe it’s because he ...

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Director Dr. Wernher von Braun at his desk with moon lander in background and rocket models on his desk. Dr. von Braun served as Marshall's first director from ...

Maria von Braun, widow of rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun and a prominent figure in America's early space program, died Jan.

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 II.

Eisenhower in 1959 to transfer the rocket designer Wernher von Braun and his team from the U.S. Army to the just-created National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It was a turning point in ...