I was struck by the NASA/JPL rendering (AW&ST July 9, p. 27), which is a conceptual cousin of the Wernher von Braun-inspired Mars Ship lander shown in the film Conquest of Space.

The last try at doing so was the botched Mars Polar Lander, ... including the first Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History in 2015 at the AAS Wernher von Braun Memorial ...

A rumor circulating online in January 2025 purported that a 1953 book called "Mars Project" by rocket science pioneer Wernher von Braun included a prediction that the leader of Mars would be named ...

The claim is based on a portion of the 1953 book “Mars Project” by aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun, who led development of rocket technology for the Nazi party in Germany and later ...

A recent tweet by X user (@wildbarestepf), made on January 10, included Elon Musk's name and drew a connection to Wernher von Braun and his science fiction novel, Project Mars.

In his book Das Marsprojekt (The Mars Project), Von Braun explains in exquisite detail over 91 pages his vision of a grand "enormous scientific expedition" to Mars using a fleet of ten spaceships.

von Braun's idea called for the in-orbit assembly of a lunar lander larger than the Saturn V rocket that came later. The ships would have been fueled by nitric acid and hydrazine and powered by a ...

It gained more notoriety when space reporter Toby Li tweeted about it in December 2020, writing, "Speaking about destiny, did you know that Von Braun's 1953 book "Mars Project," referenced a ...

Despite the backlash, Wernher von Braun gave his presentation on March 21, 1968, without incident. He was introduced to a packed house at Emens by biology professor Robert Cooper, then head of ...

In 1945, sensing defeat in World War II, von Braun and his team surrendered to the Allied forces and arrived in the U.S. By 1950, von Braun was moved to Huntsville where he would continue to ...