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 Several months after ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Maria von Braun, widow of rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun and a prominent figure in America's early space program, died Jan. 20 at her home in Alexandria. She was 96. Born Maria ...

A collection of some of the most important seminal documents of the Space Age are open for bids as rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun's "Man Will Conquer Space Soon" archive goes on the block. A ...

SHEBOYGAN — The Soviet Union could have been the first to step foot on the moon if Sheboygan's Fred Schneikert wasn't on guard duty to accept the surrender of a group of German scientists in the ...

Marshall Space Flight Center director Wernher von Braun, left, joins Kennedy Space Center Director Chief Kurt Debus, both former Nazis, for a rollout of the Saturn 500F rocket from the Vehicle ...

Margrit von Braun came home to Huntsville Tuesday night to talk about growing up in Alabama as a child of rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun and her own career as an environmental engineer. She also ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — You don’t have to go far ...

My unexpected meeting and flight with the World War II German rocket scientist, Wernher von Braun, aroused my interest to learn more about him. More about that flight experience later in this column.

Wernher von Braun, a former Nazi scientist who played a pivotal role in the American space program, delivered a speech at Ball State University in 1968, sparking controversy due to his past. Despite ...