HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Maria von Braun, widow of rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun and a prominent figure in America's early space program, died Jan. 20 at her home in Alexandria. She was 96. Born Maria ...

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. By Michael J. Neufeld Several months after ...

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The U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s first director, Edward “Ed” Buckbee, has died. He was 89. Space pioneer Wernher Von Braun selected Buckbee to be the center’s first director in 1970. Hailed as a ...

Washington DC – May 8, 2013 – The National Space Society’s prestigious Wernher von Braun Memorial Award will be presented to Dr. Abdul Kalam on Friday, May 24 at the 2013 International Space ...

In 1960, Columbia Pictures released a movie about NASA rocket scientist Wernher von Braun called I Aim at the Stars. Comedian Mort Sahl suggested a subtitle: But Sometimes I Hit London. Von Braun, ...

But had the pages of history read an even slightly different vernacular, is it possible humanity could have put boots on the ground on the Red Planet in the era of the C3 Corvette and the Nissan 280ZX ...

Editor’s Note: This story has been corrected to reflect U.S.’s space race was with Soviet Russia. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Thursday applauded the contribution of German scientists including Wernher von ...

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 Building ...

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, invites media to the virtual 13th annual Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium, Oct. 26-28. The symposium, hosted by the American ...