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During the chaos of World War II, Nazi Germany unveiled the V-2 Rocket, the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile ...
To commemorate its achievements, MSFC will host a free public celebration on Saturday, July 19, at The Orion Amphitheater.
Jared Isaacman may no longer have a shot at leading NASA, but that doesn't mean the billionaire and private astronaut is done ...
Although Jared Isaacman is out of the running for the position of NASA administrator, the space enthusiast is still very much ...
After two billion miles and nearly three decades, NASA is ready to trade in its old, leaky space station for a flashy new one ...
On June 20, 2020, the town of Verkhoyansk, Russia, reached a temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, the highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic Circle.
While awaiting a new nominee, "NASA will continue to have unempowered leadership ... was the single most important figure in the space program — Wernher von Braun, a German engineer who had helped the ...
Von Braun also gained prestige with his brilliant work at NASA. Because of this and his media exposure, the rocket scientist was well known in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s.
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center announced the passing of Maria von Braun, Wernher von Braun’s widow on Friday. The center said she died Jan. 20 at her home in Alexandria, Va. She was 96. “Maria ...
Magnus von Braun, left, Pfc. Frederick P. Schneikert, middle, and Wernher von Braun, right, pose, Tuesday, May 8, 1945, following the two von Braun scientists surrender to the U.S. Army at the end ...
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 ...
Wernher von Braun eventually became part of NASA, where he became the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the super booster that would send Americans to the moon.