In 1960, von Braun became the first director of NASA's new Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, but began his career in the German army as one of the Nazi scientists.

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.

Depending on where you come from in the state of Alabama, you have likely either never heard of Wernher von Braun, or you think he is a modern day Columbus, responsible for guiding the United ...

Werner von Braun (1912-1977), ... He also argues that von Braun’s membership in the SS, which was classified information in the U.S., was at least somewhat coerced.

Wernher von Braun (in suit) with German officers in 1941. ... Obviously, the fact that he’d been in the SS was completely suppressed. And the U.S. government needed him.

On Thursday, September 20, 1945, Wernher von Braun arrived at Fort Strong. The small military site on the northern tip of Boston Harbour’s Long Island was the processing point for Project ...

Dr. Wernher von Braun (center) describes the Saturn Launch System to President John F. Kennedy ... as well as his status as a Sturmbannführer of the SS and former member of the Nazi party.

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 ...

The other day I ran into Dr. Wernher von Braun – in a very strange and unlikely place. Unless you are a boomer or early Gen Xer you may not even have heard about him.

Erst baut er Waffen für die Nazis und dann Raketen für die USA. Ein Porträt zum 100. Geburtstag des Physikers Wernher von Braun.

Wernher von Braun war Mitglied der NSDAP und SS. Obwohl Wernher von Braun Mitglied der NSDAP und ab 1940 sogar der SS war, gilt er in der Rückschau nicht als glühender Nationalsozialist, was es ...

Vor 95 Jahren: Wernher von Braun wird geboren. Sie befinden sich hier: WDR; Stichtag ...