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

Von Braun at his desk at the Marshall Space Flight Center in 1960, years after writing Project Mars. NASA Who else but Wernher von Braun ... in her tanks and her station near the pole effectively ...

He was also the primary engineer of the Saturn V rocket, which launched the Apollo moon missions and the Skylab space station. Wernher von Braun was also once a Nazi party member and SS officer ...

While Von Braun did not envision the space station as a Pan Am terminal, he did see the need for a fleet of piloted space cargo carriers to ferry up supplies and crews for the outpost itself ...

In 1960, Columbia Pictures released a movie about NASA rocket scientist Wernher von Braun ... on view at the National Air and Space Museum and author of Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer ...

More than 40 years ago, the world watched as Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. Yes, this is exactly what it would've been like when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon!