After WWII, the U.S. recruited 1,600 Nazi scientists under Operation Paperclip—fueling its space race and weapons tech, but ...

Nazi rocket scientists, including Wernher von Braun, surrendered to this Sheboygan man in May 1945 Wernher von Braun eventually became part of NASA, where he became the chief architect of the ...

The already thinning ranks of Wernher von Braun's German rocket team, which after the war helped put Americans on the moon, has grown even more sparse with the deaths of three scientists.

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 ...

He helped start the U.S. Space & Rocket Center and developed the Saturn V rockets at the Marshall Space Flight Center to send missions to the moon. He even had his own dreams of a mission to mars ...

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 ...

Suburban school districts say busing is off to a smooth start. Except in two districts. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A member of the German rocket team that helped build America's space program in north ...

SHEBOYGAN — The Soviet Union could have been the first to step foot on the moon if Sheboygan's Fred Schneikert wasn't on guard duty to accept the surrender of a group of German scientists in the ...

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.

Nazi rocket scientists, including Wernher von Braun, surrendered to this Sheboygan man in May 1945 Wernher von Braun eventually became part of NASA, where he became the chief architect of the Saturn V ...