He tapped von Braun to work on the popular Disney TV films about space. Von Braun's work on the Disney films and the Collier's series sold many Americans on the idea of space flight and helped ...

In the 1950's, von Braun worked with Disney Studio as a technical director, making three films about space exploration for television. Von Braun was a German engineer who came to the U.S. after ...

Sixty-one years ago on March 9, 1955, ABC's show Disneyland aired "Man in Space," the first of a three-part, Disney-produced series featuring NASA's Wernher von Braun, which caught the ...

Walt Disney pitches ... days of the space race. And part of the boom is thanks to Walt Disney himself. Disney found himself enchanted by the work of Dr. Werhner Von Braun—the, uh, former Nazi ...

But von Braun’s biggest sale of all is apparent in that Disney footage. To Americans, he sold the dream of men in space and flags on the moon. And by and large, the nation bought it, no ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The U.S. Space & Rocket Center's Wernher von Braun exhibit will travel to Europe this summer, though the center will keep a permanent, though smaller, version of the exhibit ...

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Director Dr. Wernher von Braun at his desk with moon lander in background and rocket models on his desk. Dr. von Braun served as Marshall's first director from ...

It is, nevertheless, remarkable that we are still talking about von Braun 60 years after those Disney shows and almost 40 years after his death. Even private space rivals Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk ...

Not only did this series provide material for books, but it was the basis for three color television documentaries on space travel for Walt Disney in 1955 and 1957 that featured von Braun and many ...

Plus a bonus slush that's almost too pretty to drink. Even Buzz Lightyear himself would blast off after sampling the new Space Ranger Slush at Walt Disney World. Available starting Nov. 7 at Magic ...

A group looking to build the world’s first space station hotel has plans to have it up and running by 2025, according to a report in the architecture magazine Dezeen. The Von Braun Space Station ...

Named the Von Braun Station ... a cruise or a Disney World vacation with activities like concerts, movies and seminars. Others are getting in on the race to commercialize space, including NASA ...