In 1954, Walt Disney was struggling to imagine tomorrow. Disneyland was set to open the following year and would be divided ...

To nail the presentation, NASA brought von Braun, its most celebrated engineer, to do the talking. After all, they were ...

Von Braun had been fascinated with rockets since adolescence after reading Hermann Oberth’s The Rocket into Planetary Space. The book gave the boy his life’s mission.

She passed her report up the chain of command, but Churchill’s top science advisors dismissed her findings ... About a mile away, a tall rocket stood ready to launch. Von Braun’s boyish face belied ...

Despite being best known for his humorous and satirical songs, Tom Lehrer, who died on 26 July at the age of 97, spent most ...

After its voyage past Mars, Mariner 4 maintained intermittent communication with JPL and returned data about the interplanetary environment for two more years. But by the end of 1967, the spacecraft ...

Tom Lehrer retired from singing and performing in 1967. His idea was to perform to audiences and get a good recording of the ...

U.S. Space Command will be coming to Huntsville next week. No, the White House has not announced the anticipated move to the Rocket City. But leaders from Space Command will be among thousands of ...

Wernher von Braun, who invented the first ballistic missile for the Nazis, was one of hundreds of German scientists and engineers transported to the United States in the wake of World War II, where he ...

Wernher von Braun, who invented the first ballistic missile for the Nazis, was one of hundreds of German scientists and engineers transported to the United States in the wake of World War II, where he ...

“It’s bigger than just the Army, although the Army is the largest component,” Josh Jackson, executive vice president of ...

"For our manned space missions, we must ensure that astronauts land on the lunar surface very comfortably and smoothly." ...