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, ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The U.S. Space & Rocket Center's new exhibit, "100 Years of Von Braun: His American Journey," is a history lesson on the role of rocket pioneer Dr. Wernher von Braun in the U.S.

Some of the most recognizable and iconic conceptual spacecraft designs ever proposed are those of Wernher von Braun's space popularization campaign of the 1950s. This post will look at just one of ...

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 World War II.

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Director Dr. Wernher von Braun at his desk with moon lander in background and rocket models on his desk. Dr. von Braun served as Marshall's first director from 1960 ...

German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun (1912-1977), born in 1912 in Wirsitz, Germany, took an early interest in rockets and the possibility of space exploration. As a young man, he joined the ...

Jesco von Puttkamer, a NASA engineer instrumental in the development of the Saturn V rocket booster seen here with a model of the rocket, died Dec. 27 at 79 after a brief illness. Jesco von Puttkamer, ...