Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Director Dr. Wernher von Braun at his desk with moon lander in background and rocket models on his desk. Dr. von Braun served as Marshall's first director from ...

Jacob Tyler Hamlin, of Huntsville asks: "Was Wernher von Braun really a Nazi?" Depending on where you come from in the state of Alabama, you have likely either never heard of Wernher von Braun ...

German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun (1912-1977), born in 1912 in Wirsitz, Germany, took an early interest in rockets and the possibility of space exploration. As a young man, he joined the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eisenhower in 1959 to transfer the rocket designer Wernher von Braun and his team from the U.S. Army to the just-created National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It was a turning point 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...