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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...