In his hand von Braun holds a model of the 1955 Disney ferry rocket's piloted glider; near his head part of a model of his wheel-shaped space station can be seen. NASA.

HUNTSVILLE | Wernher von Braun, the German physicist who oversaw most of the achievements of the U.S. space program until his death in 1977, might not have been as successful if it weren't for ...

Werhner von Braun, then Chief, Guided Missile Development Operation Division at Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, was visited by Walt Disney in 1954.

The first time I ever saw Wernher von Braun he was on the Disneyland show and he was talking with Walt Disney about the possibility of rockets going into space. Square-jawed, broad-shouldered, and ...

Sixty-one years ago on March 9, 1955, ABC's show Disneyland aired "Man in Space," the first of a three-part, Disney-produced series featuring NASA's Wernher von Braun, which caught the attention ...