Space-Struck Resident Wernher von Braun —centennial of his birth is March 23 — came to rest locally. Wernher von Braun's grave in Ivy Hill Cemetery.

In 1945, von Braun immigrated to America and became an advisor for V-2 testing in White Sands, New Mexico. In 1960 he became director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, National ...

Alabama Life & Culture This man literally put Huntsville on the map – and it wasn’t Wernher von Braun Published: Jun. 18, 2025, 6:25 a.m.

Wernher von Braun, a former member of the SS who rebranded himself as an all-American hero in the 1960s - SuperStock / Alamy Stock Photo 31,228 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you ...

The concert, celebrating Armed Forces Week, featuring the Maneuver Center of Excellence Band of Fort Benning, is being relocated to the Von Braun Center Mark C. Smith Concert Hall. Monday night’s ...

In 1945, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Jr. approved the resettlement of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the United States.

Scheming invaders. Benevolent vegetarians. Climate refugees. As scientific exploration has advanced, so have creative interpretations of the red planet and its potential residents. ByNadia Drake ...

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 ...

Isaacman's recent comments came June 21 after he received the National Space Society’s Wernher von Braun Award for Polaris Dawn, the private astronaut mission he commanded in September 2024 ...

Von Braun would go on to lead the U.S. space program. In 1963, the United States and Soviet Union agreed to establish a hot line communications link between Washington and Moscow.