Object Details Owner Sally K. Ride Summary This Von Braun Award was presented to Dr. Sally K. Ride in 1995 by the Huntsville Chapter of the National Space Club. The award, now known as the Dr. Wernher ...

September 12, 2012 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce that the 2012 AIAA von Braun Award for Excellence in Space Program ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — 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.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Media are invited to attend the 2024 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium Monday Oct. 28 to Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the University of ...

Why It Matters: The U.S. hired several German scientists for the development of its space program including Wernher von Braun after World War 2 as part of Operation Paperclip, a secret United ...

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.

Von Braun was the first director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., and a key figure in the development of the Saturn V rocket and NASA’s Apollo program.

Jesco von Puttkamer, a protege of Wernher von Braun whose NASA career ranged from the Apollo manned lunar landing project to the International Space Station, died Dec. 27, of a flu-like illness at ...

VON BRAUN CENTER, Ala. (WHNT) — Every year, defense industries, government agencies and manufacturers trying to break into the industry gather at the Von Braun Center to showcase their products ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Media are invited to attend the 2024 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium Monday Oct. 28 to Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the University of Alabama in ...