After von Braun’s visit was announced, some Ball State faculty openly opposed his invitation. Rumors began circulating of a ...

Former NASA administrators, others raise concerns about dismantling of DEI for space agency that worked hard to diversify workforce.

Lucas, a NASA rocket scientist who helped shape the ... a position once held by his mentor Wernher von Braun. Dr. Lucas had contributed to the design of Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite ...

President Trump signed executive orders to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at NASA and other federal ... presented the idea to Dr. Wernher von Braun, the German engineer ...

Wernher von Braun, director of the NASA facilities at Huntsville ... were strong doubts that such a monster could be designed, built and tested before the end of the decade.

This includes household names like NASA and the FBI ... historically, been built up with friends in high places, and with higher government clearance. Wernher von Braun brought his fellow rocket ...

Huntsville is known as ‘Rocket City’ because of its pivotal role in the development of rockets alongside NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Thus, its main civic center was named after a pivotal ...

After WW2, the race for scientific superiority took centre stage. Operation Paperclip (1945-59) brought German rocket scientists, like Wernher von Braun and others, who built the foundation of Nasa ...