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Apr 2, 2014 · Who Was Wernher von Braun? Wernher von Braun was one of the most important German weapons specialists to work on rocketry and jet propulsion in the United States after World War II.
Jan 1, 2008 · A rising star in the German army’s rocket program, Wernher von Braun led the development of the seminal V-2 missile and was a loyal follower of the Third Reich. After the war, he reinvented...
May 20, 2019 · 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
Mar 7, 2013 · Well-known as the leader of the American rocket team, which sought the launch astronauts into space, Wernher von Braun initially designed rockets for his native country of Germany during...
Death: 16 June 1977, Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Famous for his contributions to rocket technology, which include the Nazis V-2 missiles used against London towards the end of the second ...
Wernher von Braun (1912-1977) was one of the most important rocket developers and champions of space exploration during the period between the 1930s and the 1970s. As a youth he became enamored with the possibilities of space exploration by reading the science fiction of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, and from the science fact writings of Hermann ...
Practical launch vehicles have been used to send crewed spacecraft, uncrewed space probes, and satellites. Wernher von Braun, (born , March 23, 1912, Wirsitz, Ger.—died June 16, 1977, Alexandria, Va., U.S.), German-born U.S.
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