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Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (US: / ˌ v ɜːr n ər v ɒ n ˈ b r aʊ n / VUR-nər von BROWN, German: [ˌvɛʁnheːɐ̯ fɔn ˈbʁaʊ̯n]; 23 March 1912 – 16 June 1977) was a German-American aerospace engineer and space architect.
Jun 12, 2024 · Wernher von Braun (born March 23, 1912, Wirsitz, Germany [now Wyrzysk, Poland]—died June 16, 1977, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.) was a 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.
Feb 6, 2024 · Former Marshall Space Flight Center Director. Dr. Wernher von Braun (1912–1977) was one of the most important rocket developers and champions of space exploration in the twentieth century.
Apr 2, 2014 · 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...
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...
Wernher von Braun. 23 March 1912 - 16 June 1977. A rocket scientist, von Braun designed the Nazi V-2 missiles and rockets for the US space race programme. By Anna Demming. NASA/MSFC. Wernher von...
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.
Wernher von Braun, who actually was a Prussian baron, was raised in a traditional, aristocratic, conservative-nationalist household and was not automatically sympathetic to the plebeian, radical-right National Socialists.
Jun 16, 2016 · When he died on June 16, 1977, Wernher von Braun, the son of East Prussian aristocrats, had left an indelible, if ambiguous, legacy as a visionary space-travel pioneer.
