Margrit von Braun talks about her father, rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun in Huntsville, Ala. Feb. 19, 2019. The large photo is of her and her father.

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 ...

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.

The claim is based on a portion of the 1953 book “Mars Project” by aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun, who led development of rocket technology for the Nazi party in Germany and later ...

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 ...

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.