Maria von Braun, widow of rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun and a prominent figure in America's early space program, died Jan.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The U.S. Space and Rocket Center has announced that Maria von Braun, the wife of Dr. Wernher von Braun, has passed away at 96. The rocket center said that Maria von ...

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.

America’s early efforts to reach the ... forces and arrived in the U.S. By 1950, von Braun was moved to Huntsville where he would continue to develop rockets for military application.

In the words of NASA, the greatest rocket scientist in history. We give you… Wernher von Braun. Let me out! Von Braun was born in Germany in 1912. With me, it started with the moon. My parents ...

It is possible that a version of von Braun's original manuscript, adapted by a different writer and that made its way into German print in 1953, partially inspired Elon Musk's father, Errol Musk, to ...