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Though Apple's For All Mankind explores an alternate history in which the Russians beat the United States in the space race, there are still a number of historical figures featured in the story.
Nasa, Nazis and the Space Race (Channel 4) is a strong, if misleadingly titled, one-off documentary. It tells the story of ...
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.
Shirtsleeved, tousled, and bright-eyed with the dream that gave Germany its V-2 and the U.S. its first orbiting satellite, bull-shouldered Wernher von Braun paced the yellow-walled office in ...
A full 17 years before Armstrong's small step for man and a giant leap for mankind, Von Braun envisioned a mission so ambitious that it'd be labeled a tall order even by contemporary space mission ...
For All Mankind had a Disney Parks music cue this season and we spoke to executive producers Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi about it. ... they play a clip of Wernher von Braun, ...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The U.S. Space and Rocket Center has announced that Maria von Braun, the wife of Dr. Wernher von ...
Despite the backlash, Wernher von Braun gave his presentation on March 21, 1968, without incident. He was introduced to a packed house at Emens by biology professor Robert Cooper, then head of ...
Did Wernher von Braun predict in 1953 Elon Musk would rule Mars? ... In 1945, sensing defeat in World War II, von Braun and his team surrendered to the Allied forces and arrived in the U.S.
One of those visionaries was German rocket scientist Wernher Von Braun.A member of the Nazi Party for a while, and responsible for coming up with the German V-2 rockets launched against the UK at ...
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 ...
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.