For the 29th Chaos Communication Congress, the CCC used a verse from Lehrer's song about Wernher von Braun as the congress motto: “Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?

critics notebook Tom Lehrer’s influence on political satire is still playing out today ...

<p>In the beginning, there was the name. A prophet guided Errol Musk to bestow it on his eldest son, or so he claimed. The seer was Wernher von Braun, a German engineer and an inspiration for ...

In the beginning, there was the name. A prophet guided Errol Musk to bestow it on his eldest son, or so he claimed. The seer was Wernher von Braun, a German engineer and an inspiration for Stanley ...

Musician and satirist Tom Lehrer died Saturday. He was 97. Lehrer’s comedy paved the way for Weird Al, who paid tribute on Sunday when news of his death broke.

On the afternoon of October 3, 1942, at the Luftwaffe testing site in Peenemünde, Wernher von Braun, the center’s chief of technology, took his position atop the facility’s assembly building.

On the afternoon of October 3, 1942, at the Luftwaffe testing site in Peenemünde, Wernher von Braun, the center’s chief of technology, took his position atop the facility’s assembly building.

Or try to imagine America’s ballistic missile program, including the moonshot, without German scientists like Wernher von Braun.

Roger started his career at NASA in Huntsville, AL, working on the J-2 rocket engine for the Saturn 5 rocket. He received a letter of commendation for his efforts from Wernher Von Braun. Throughout ...

This weekend, Isaacman received the National Space Society’s Wernher von Braun Award for the privately funded Polaris Dawn mission that he led in September 2024.