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Wernher von Braun - Wikipedia

As a young man, von Braun worked in Nazi Germany's rocket development program. He helped design and co-developed the V-2 rocket at Peenemünde during World War ...

Wernher von Braun - NASA

Von Braun also became one of the most prominent advocates for space exploration in the United States during the 1950s, writing numerous books ...

Wernher von Braun | Biography, Quotes, & Facts - Britannica

German engineer who played a prominent role in all aspects of rocketry and space exploration, first in Germany and after World War II in the United States.

Wernher von Braun - New Mexico Museum of Space History

Dr. von Braun's rocket team produced America's first ballistic missile, the Redstone, by expanding on the basic design of the V-2.

Wernher von Braun and the Nazis | American Experience - PBS

Wernher von Braun led NASA'S development of the Saturn V rocket that took Apollo 11 to the Moon. His Nazi record was not widely known until after his death.

Sputnik Biographies--Wernher von Braun (1912-1977) - NASA

Von Braun is well known as the leader of what has been called the "rocket team," which developed the V-2 ballistic missile for the Nazis during World War II.

The Life of Wernher Von Braun - Huntsville.org

The facts are; by birth, he was a Nazi who designed weapons that helped drive the most destructive evil empire of the 20th century. By grace, he ...

Dr. Wernher von Braun - Redstone Arsenal Historical Information

Von Braun came to the United States in September 1945 under contract with the US Army Ordnance Corps as part of Operation Paperclip.

Wernher von Braun, Rocket Pioneer: Biography & Quotes - Space.com

Wernher von Braun led the development of the rockets that carried the first Americans into space and onto the moon.

Wernher von Braun: History's most controversial figure? - Al Jazeera

Von Braun was attracted by the opportunities America promised and suspected that the US military would support his continued research in ...

the controversial tale of Wernher von Braun - Physics World

The author concludes that what set apart von Braun from his peers may not have been “his technical or theoretical expertise, his very ...

Victor or Villain? Wernher von Braun and the Space Race

Set during the Cold War and space race, this historical role-play focuses on Wernher von Braun's involvement in and culpability for.

Wernher von Braun - Career, NASA & Family - Biography (Bio.)

Wernher von Braun was a German engineer who worked on rocket technology, first for Germany and then for the United States.

Von Braun and History | The Engines of Our Ingenuity

Today, Werner von Braun leaves the V-2 behind. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our ...

Wernher Von Braun - Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War

Wernher Von Braun. Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War. Michael J. Neufeld. Chair, Space History Division National Air and Space Museum

The Nazi Science That Fed the Apollo 11 Moon Landing | TIME

And all through the Space Race, von Braun, a German scientist scooped up by the U.S. in the waning days of World War II, was the public face of ...

Wernher Von Braun's Biography, Quotes & Impact - Study.com

Wernher von Braun is known as one of the most influential rocket scientists of the 20th century. He helped to develop the V2 rocket during WWII and would ...

Wernher von Braun - Engineering and Technology History Wiki

Wernher von Braun, pioneering rocket engineer and advocate of space travel, was born the second of three sons to Baron Magnus von Braun and ...

Wernher von Braun and the Nazi Rocket Program: An Interview with ...

A: Von Braun was involved with an amateur rocket club in Berlin while he was an engineering student between 1930 and 1932. The German Army, then ...

Today in history: The birth of Wernher von Braun, the Nazi rocket ...

Was Wernher von Braun a Christian? Although technically a Lutheran, he clearly worshiped science. But after he came to America, von Braun's ...