Learn how Werner von Braun shaped the mission, the heartbreak of the Apollo 1 tragedy, and how NASA’s recovery led to the triumph of Apollo 7 and Apollo 8. Dozens take oath of US citizenship ...

As the Soviet Army closed in on the German rocket base in Peenemünde, the leader of the V-2 team, Wernher von Braun, decided he’d rather be captured by Americans than by Soviets. He and his ...

We look at how Werner von Braun, a former rocket scientist of the Third Reich responsible for the V2 programme, played a leading role in NASA's planning. After groundbreaking success with the ...

World’s first missile: The world’s first missile was developed by two German scientists, Walter Dornberger and Werner von Braun. During World War II, the German dictator Hitler ordered both of ...

Its top scientists, most notably rocket-designer Wernher von Braun, were at best close associates ... Sometime in 1943, apparently, P.O. Box 1142 interrogator Werner Moritz and other agents ...

The other day I ran into Dr. Wernher von Braun – in a very strange and unlikely place. Unless you are a boomer or early Gen Xer you may not even have heard about him. And maybe it’s because he ...

These include the famed "Mars Project" by Werner von Braun, the "Mars Direct" mission architecture by Robert Zubrin and David Baker, NASA's Mars Design Reference Mission studies, and SpaceX's Mars ...