Born Maria von Quistorp in Berlin in 1928, she married Wernher von Braun in 1947 in Landshut, Germany, under U.S. military guard amid concerns about Soviet efforts to recruit German rocket engineers.

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… ...

To nail the presentation, NASA brought von Braun, its most celebrated engineer, to do the talking. After all, they were ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The U.S. Space and Rocket Center has announced that Maria von Braun, the wife of Dr. Wernher von Braun, has passed away at 96.

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center announced the passing of Maria von Braun, Wernher von Braun’s widow on Friday. The center said she died Jan. 20 at her home in Alexandria, Va. She was 96. “Maria ...

Wernher von Braun, a former Nazi scientist who played a pivotal role in the American space program, delivered a speech at Ball State University in 1968, sparking controversy due to his past.

NASA chose von Braun’s missile for its first Mercury missions. It was developed from an upgraded version of the Juno I called the Jupiter-C. Was used for the first two manned U.S. space flights.

Von Braun was the first director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., and a key figure in the development of the Saturn V rocket and NASA’s Apollo program.

A handwritten notation under von Braun's signature is presumed to have been added by Mrs. Moore. With the letter, von Braun enclosed the original version of the article as he had written it, before it ...

Jesco von Puttkamer, a protege of Wernher von Braun whose NASA career ranged from the Apollo manned lunar landing project to the International Space Station, died Dec. 27, of a flu-like illness at ...

Von Braun Center (named for Dr. Wernher von Braun, the German rocket scientist who catapulted Huntsville into space exploration) is the undisputed hub for indoor entertainment in the Rocket City.