How on earth did Wernher von Braun have time to put man on the moon in 1969? If you've lived in Huntsville long, you've heard the legend of what von Braun and his rocket team brought to a sleepy ...

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. By Michael J. Neufeld Several months ...

Sporting a gray double-breasted suit, slicked-back curls and a slide rule, rocket engineer Wernher von Braun cuts a suave, authoritative figure in Disney’s 1955 television special Man and the Moon.

Published On 3 May 20133 May 2013 Wernher von Braun not only created the infamous V-2 rocket, but also was behind the Saturn V [NASA] On Thursday, September 20, 1945, Wernher von Braun arrived at ...

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. And maybe it’s because he ...

Wernher Von Braun (right) meet at the MFSC to witness the first test firing of a Saturn V Booster, Image credit: NASA-MSFC In June 1965, Alabama governor George C. Wallace scheduled a tour of NASA ...

Surrounded by beautifully sculpted spacecraft models and futuristic artwork, Wernher von Braun addressed the viewer, talking through his plan for a practical passenger rocket achievable ...

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 ...

A group of German scientists led by Wernher von Braun realized the war was ending. The scientists decided it would be better to be captured by Americans than the Soviets, according to an article ...