The highly controversial Operation Paperclip saw the U.S. Government utilize disgraced Nazi scientists to get ahead of ...

The Saturn V was a product of Wernher Von Braun’s work. Standing 111 meters tall and weighing in at 2.8 million kilograms , the rocket generated 34.5 million newtons of thrust at launch ...

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.

Huntsville Botanical Garden showcases flowers, trees, water features, shrubs, sculptures and structures throughout its 118 acres. Plants suitable to Alabama – such as azaleas, dogwood trees ...

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.

The U.S. lacked the ability to develop anything as powerful as Germany's lethal V-2 rocket and desperately wanted not only as much V-2 hardware as it could find but the V-2 designer himself ...

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.

William R. Lucas, director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, testifies at a 1986 inquiry into the Challenger space shuttle explosion. He was joined by fellow Marshall official Lawrence B ...

Shirtsleeved, tousled, and bright-eyed with the dream that gave Germany its V-2 and the U.S. its first orbiting satellite, bull-shouldered Wernher von Braun paced the yellow-walled office in ...

William R. Lucas, who directed the Marshall Space Flight Center from a crucial time of expansion into one of its darkest hours, died Feb. 10, 2025, at his home in Huntsville.

Did Wernher von Braun predict in 1953 Elon Musk would rule ... He helped start the U.S. Space & Rocket Center and developed the Saturn V rockets at the Marshall Space Flight Center to send ...