Wernher von Braun was a man lifted on the shoulders of this city in celebration over his space accomplishments, whether an unmanned probe or the sci-fi-come-to-life that was Apollo 11 and the moon ...

Jesco von Puttkamer (Contributed photo/Schilling) Jesco von Puttkamer, a member of Wernher von Braun's Huntsville-based rocket team died yesterday. He was 79. Von Puttkamer, an engineer, moved to ...

Born Maria von Quistorp in Berlin in 1928, she married Wernher von Braun in 1947 in Landshut, Germany, under U.S. military ...

Dr. Wernher von Braun served as Marshall Space Flight Center's first director from July 1, 1960 until January 27, 1970, when he was appointed NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Plarning.

In 1960, von Braun became the first director of NASA's new Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, but began his career in the German army as one of the Nazi scientists.

WHNT News 19 is excited to bring you a 30-minute special on the life of Dr. Wernher Von Braun. The Rocket Man: Wernher Von Braun initially aired on Saturday, February 25 at 6:30 p.m. You can watc… ...