To commemorate its achievements, MSFC will host a free public celebration on Saturday, July 19, at The Orion Amphitheater.

After two billion miles and nearly three decades, NASA is ready to trade in its old, leaky space station for a flashy new one ...

Like all sponsors of science programs, NASA has had its ups and downs ... was the single most important figure in the space program — Wernher von Braun, a German engineer who had helped the Nazis ...

Von Braun also gained prestige with his brilliant work at NASA. Because of this and his media exposure, the rocket scientist was well known in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s.

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center announced the passing of Maria von Braun, Wernher von Braun’s widow on Friday. The center said she died Jan. 20 at her home in Alexandria, Va. She was 96. “Maria ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Thursday applauded the contribution of German scientists including Wernher von Braun in America’s space race against Soviet Russia. What Happened: “Indeed. Until they ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Thursday applauded the contribution of German scientists including Wernher von Braun in America’s space race against China. “Indeed. Until they were applied to the US ...

Magnus von Braun, left, Pfc. Frederick P. Schneikert, middle, and Wernher von Braun, right, pose, Tuesday, May 8, 1945, following the two von Braun scientists surrender to the U.S. Army at the end ...

Wernher von Braun eventually became part of NASA, where he became the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the super booster that would send Americans to the moon.

Wernher von Braun eventually became part of NASA, where he became the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the super booster that would send Americans to the moon.