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.

During the chaos of World War II, Nazi Germany unveiled the V-2 Rocket, the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile. Developed by Wernher von Braun, it was a feat of engineering wrapped ...

Between Sept. 8, 1944 and March 27, 1945, no fewer than 3,172 V-2s struck Belgium, France, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In all, V-2 strikes killed around 9,000 people.

Wernher von Braun hat eine Vision! Schon als Kind möchte er den Weltraum bereisen. Was damals noch ein Traum aus seinen Romanen von Jules Verne und Co ist, wird schon bald Wirklichkeit. Der junge ...

Wernher Von Braun became interested in space flight from an early age. This passion would lead him to become a key figure in the development of one of the Nazi's most devastating weapon: the V2 ...

Benji Wilson Sat, June 14, 2025, 1:35 PM PDT 3 min read Wernher von Braun, a former member of the SS who rebranded himself as an all-American hero in the 1960s - SuperStock / Alamy Stock Photo ...

Born Maria von Quistorp in Berlin in 1928, she married Wernher von Braun in 1947 in Landshut, Germany, under U.S. military guard amid concerns about Soviet efforts to recruit German rocket engineers.

I read this article with interest, as I grew up in Huntsville, Ala., where Wernher von Braun lived, and graduated from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — 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. The rocket center said that Maria von ...