One televised experiment involved the amount of fuel inside a rocket during its propulsion. He worked directly with Werner von Braun, who was brought to the U.S. from Germany and named director of ...

On the same day, rocket scientist Werner von Braun dies aged 65. 1980: The Blues Brothers, directed by Jon Landis and starring Dan Aykroyds and John Belushi premieres in Chicago. 1982: The South Wales ...

He worked for NASA and helped – as a co-op student – with the development of the Saturn V rocket on Werner Von Braun’s team in Huntsville, and even got to design a critical component of the fuel ...

NASA flight director, Gene Kranz, now 91 years old, is seen posing with his lifetime achievement award from the American Astronautical Society at his restored console in Apollo mission control.

After all, immigrants have been coming to build rockets in Florida since Werner Von Braun quit the Nazi rocket program as the Third Reich collapsed and chose to surrender to us rather than the ...

Professionally, Bill worked under rocket scientist Werner von Braun on missile and rocket research for Chrysler contributing to NASA's Apollo program.Recruited by McDonnell Douglas, Bill helped ...

This jump-started the Soviet programme, just as the Americans had done with Werner von Braun and his group, who moved to America under Operation Paperclip.

After World War II, Operation Paperclip quietly recruited German scientists to work on its most advanced weapons and space programs—including some who had been active in the Third Reich.

We all know of America's space race, and the technology that stemmed from the second world war. What little know, and what sounds crazy to say, is much of that American rocket technology was ...

In 1956, they moved to Decatur, AL, to join the emerging space program, working on rocket engines with Werner von Braun at Redstone Arsenal.