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.

And the renaming of the Debus conference facility means that only one other Nazi scientist continues to be actively honored on U.S. soil: Wernher von Braun, the physics genius behind the V-2.

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.

Despite the backlash, Wernher von Braun gave his presentation on March 21, 1968, without incident. He was introduced to a packed house at Emens by biology professor Robert Cooper, then head of ...

The rocket technology originated from the V-2 missile developed for the Nazis, but after the war, the U.S. granted von Braun amnesty as part of Operation Paperclip.

Wernher von Braun, the German-American aerospace engineer, is best known for developing the V-2 rocket during WWII and later contributing to NASA’s space programme.

Moreover, it’s hard to ignore the likelihood that von Braun’s groundbreaking contributions to rocket science haven’t, at least indirectly, influenced Musk’s innovative approach to space exploration.

In a bizarre twist that sounds straight out of science fiction, a 1953 manuscript by renowned rocket scientist Wernher von Braun has resurfaced, claiming that the leader of Mars would be called ...

On May 2, 1945, just a few days before World War II ended and two days after Adolf Hitler committed suicide, Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun and his team of engineers surrendered to American soldi… ...

Why It Matters: The U.S. hired several German scientists for the development of its space program including Wernher von Braun after World War 2 as part of Operation Paperclip, a secret United ...

Wernher von Braun: The Rocket Pioneer. Perhaps the most famous figure to emerge from Operation Paperclip was Wernher von Braun, a German aerospace engineer and the chief architect of the V-2 rocket.