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.

“Maria von Braun was a beloved friend, philanthropist, and advocate for the U.S. Space & Rocket Center,” Rocket Center CEO and Executive Director Dr. Kimberly Robinson said.

ELON Musk has broken his silence on rumors that he is a time-traveler sparked by an eerier prediction from the 1950s. Musk, 53, finally addressed the prophecy about him colonizing Mars made by an o… ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Thursday applauded the contribution of German scientists including Wernher von Braun in America’s space race against Soviet Russia. What Happened: “Indeed. Until they ...

Harold Von Werner, age 102, died on April 6, 2024 in his home at Meadow Creek Village in Salem, Oregon. He was born on March 27, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York to Amalie and Thorleif Werner. Hal, as ...

Von Braun and his cadre of scientists were fearful of being dragged to the U.S., then sent back to Germany, which worried many of the group. It was decided by the government to offer guaranteed ...

Nazi rocket scientists, including Wernher von Braun, surrendered to this Sheboygan man in May 1945 Wernher von Braun eventually became part of NASA, where he became the chief architect of the ...

In 1950, von Braun's team moved to Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama, to continue their missile work. Von Braun became an advocate for space exploration during the 1950s.