After World War II, Operation Paperclip quietly recruited German scientists to work on its most advanced weapons and space programs—including some who had been active in the Third Reich.

Wernher von Braun on May 3, 1945, the day after his surrender to Allied forces. He had broken his arm in an auto accident two months before and his bones had not properly mended.

Wernher von Braun was also once a Nazi party member and SS officer, having served the Third Reich as an aerospace engineer. He designed the deadly V-2 rocket, the world’s first long-range ...

Shirtsleeved, tousled, and bright-eyed with the dream that gave Germany its V-2 and the U.S. its first orbiting satellite, bull-shouldered Wernher von Braun paced the yellow-walled office in ...

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.

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center announced the passing of Maria von Braun, Wernher von Braun’s widow on Friday. The center said she died Jan. 20 at her home in Alexandria, Va. She was 96. “Maria ...

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.

Wernher von Braun wrote (as published in the 2006 edition): The Martian government was directed by ten men, the leader of whom was elected by universal suffrage for five years and entitled "Elon." ...

Judy Garland, Wernher von Braun, Supreme Court justices, and just about every politician and his wife who passed through the capital during her decades in residence showed up at Perle’s place.

Nazi-turned-NASA-celebrity Wernher von Braun headed the internal think tank. On the surface, the AAP was intended to conceive exciting missions that could be fulfilled with existing Apollo hardware.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Thursday applauded the contribution of German scientists including Wernher von Braun in America’s space race against Soviet Russia. What Happened: “Indeed. Until they ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Thursday applauded the contribution of German scientists including Wernher von Braun in America’s space race against China. “Indeed. Until they were applied to the US ...