The other day I ran into Dr. Wernher von Braun – in a very strange and unlikely place. Unless you are a boomer or early Gen Xer you may not even have heard about him.

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.

Learn how Werner von Braun shaped the mission, the heartbreak of the Apollo 1 tragedy, and how NASA’s recovery led to the triumph of Apollo 7 and Apollo 8. Epic History.

We look at how Werner von Braun, a former rocket scientist of the Third Reich responsible for the V2 programme, played a leading role in NASA's planning.

World’s first missile: The world’s first missile was developed by two German scientists, Walter Dornberger and Werner von Braun. During World War II, the German dictator Hitler ordered both of ...

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 ...

Between Sept. 8, 1944 and March 27, 1945, no fewer than 3,172 V-2s struck Belgium, France, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In all, V-2 strikes killed around 9,000 people. What follows is ...

Throughout the 20th century, multiple proposals have been made for the crewed exploration of Mars. These include the famed "Mars Project" by Werner von Braun, the "Mars Direct" mission ...

The familiar story of Wernher von Braun, the SS member turned US visionary, gets rehashed in Channel 4’s Nasa, Nazis and the Space Race. Jump to content. UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...