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  2. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (German: [ˌvɛʁnheːɐ̯ fɔn ˈbʁaʊ̯n]; US: / ˌ v ɜːr n ər v ɒ n ˈ b r aʊ n / VUR-nər von BROWN; [3] 23 March 1912 – 16 June 1977) was a German-American aerospace engineer [4] and space architect.

    • Wernher Von Braun’s Life in Germany
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    Wernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun, was born on March 23, 1912, to a wealthy Prussian family. Von Braun’s father worked for the federal government under the Weimar Republic and his mother was connected to Medieval European royalty. As such, Wernher Von Braun’s childhood was marked with privilege. He took piano and cello lessons and atten...

    As the Third Reich fell, Wernher Von Braun escaped to the Bavarian Alps as German forces surrendered to the Allies. It then became clear to the Allies just how advanced Germany’s military arsenal was — and just how valuable their weapons intelligence could be. At the same time, the Soviets began aggressively recruitingformer Nazi and German scienti...

    In 1957, Wernher von Braun’s integrality to the space program became known when the Soviet Union pulled wildly ahead of the United States in the Space Race. The launch of Sputnik 1 threw the U.S. into high gear, putting von Braun front and center. Three years prior, von Braun had suggested an orbital launch vehicle, similar to Sputnik, but had been...

  3. www.nasa.gov › people › wernher-von-braunWernher von Braun - NASA

    Feb 6, 2024 · Dr. Wernher von Braun (1912–1977) was one of the most important rocket developers and champions of space exploration in the twentieth century. As a youth he became enamored with the possibilities of space exploration by reading the work of Hermann Oberth, whose 1923 book The Rocket into Interplanetary Space, prompted von Braun to master ...

  4. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (March 23, 1912 - June 16, 1977) was one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Germany and the United States.

  5. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (* 23. März 1912 in Wirsitz , Provinz Posen , Königreich Preußen , Deutsches Reich ; † 16. Juni 1977 in Alexandria , Virginia , USA ) war als deutscher und später US-amerikanischer Raketenpionier, Wegbereiter der Raketenwaffen und der Raumfahrt .

  6. Dr. Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun was the Superstar of Space of his day. He was rivaled only by some of the earliest astronauts and a bit later by a cool customer named Neil Armstrong. In von Braun’s case, the adulation was not universal. Still, he had a passion for life along with his passion for rocketry and space exploration.

  7. VON BRAUN, WERNHER MAGNUS MAXIMILIAN FREIHERR. ( b. Wirsitz, East Prussia, Germany [now Poland], 23 March 1912; d. Alexandria, Virginia, 16 June 1977), rocket engineering, spaceflight promotion. Although his doctorate was in physics, von Braun was one of the most important rocket engineers of the twentieth century.