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Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (US: / ˌ v ɜːr n ər v ɒ n ˈ b r aʊ n / VUR-nər von BROWN, German: [ˌvɛʁnheːɐ̯ fɔn ˈbʁaʊ̯n]; 23 March 1912 – 16 June 1977) was a German-American aerospace engineer and space architect.
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.
Jun 12, 2024 · Wernher von Braun (born March 23, 1912, Wirsitz, Germany [now Wyrzysk, Poland]—died June 16, 1977, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.) was a German engineer who played a prominent role in all aspects of rocketry and space exploration, first in Germany and after World War II in the United States.
Jan 1, 2008 · A rising star in the German army’s rocket program, Wernher von Braun led the development of the seminal V-2 missile and was a loyal follower of the Third Reich.
Mar 6, 2022 · Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun played a massive role in getting NASA’s space program off the ground and into orbit. The former Nazi scientist then became the backbone of the United States’ burgeoning aerospace program — and even came to head NASA itself.
Full name: Wernher Magnus Maximillian Freiherr von Braun. Birth: 23 March 1912, Wyrzysk, Poland (former German Empire) Death: 16 June 1977, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
May 23, 2018 · Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun was born on March 23, 1912, in the town of Wirsitz (later Wyrzysk, Poland) in eastern Germany. He was the second of three sons of Baron Magnus Alexander Maximilian von Braun, a banker and government official, and Emmy (von Quistorp) von Braun, an.
Mar 7, 2013 · Well-known as the leader of the American rocket team, which sought the launch astronauts into space, Wernher von Braun initially designed rockets for his native country of Germany...
Wernher von Braun (1912-1977) was one of the most important rocket developers and champions of space exploration during the period between the 1930s and the 1970s.
Wernher von Braun, who actually was a Prussian baron, was raised in a traditional, aristocratic, conservative-nationalist household and was not automatically sympathetic to the plebeian, radical-right National Socialists.
