The U.S. Space and Rocket Center has announced that Maria von Braun, the wife of Dr. Wernher von Braun, has passed away at 96.

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 ...

Wernher von Braun, a former Nazi scientist who played a pivotal role in the American space program, delivered a speech at Ball State University in 1968, sparking controversy due to his past.

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center announced the passing of Maria von Braun, Wernher von Braun’s widow on Friday. The center said she died Jan. 20 at her home in Alexandria, Va. She was 96. “Maria ...

In the early 2000s, researchers began to piece together P.O. Box 1142’s secret history. In 2007, ... In November 1937, Wernher von Braun officially joined the Nazi Party.

A rumor circulating online in January 2025 purported that a 1953 book called "Mars Project" by rocket science pioneer Wernher von Braun included a prediction that the leader of Mars would be named ...

The claim is based on a portion of the 1953 book “Mars Project” by aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun, who led development of rocket technology for the Nazi party in Germany and later ...

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.

Fred Schneikert, a private first class in the US Army, accepted the surrender of a group of German rocket scientists at the close of World War II.

Re “Stanford, Harvard and NASA Still Honor a Nazi Past,” by Lev Golinkin (Opinion guest essay, Dec. 16): I read this article with interest, as I grew up in Huntsville, Ala., where Wernher von ...

May 2 (UPI) --The NASA team behind the James Webb Space Telescope has been awarded the Wernher von Braun Memorial Award by the National Space Society. The award is given every two years and was ...