Wernher von Braun
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Wernher von Braun...half-jokingly as "PoPs," "Prisoners of Peace." During his stay at Fort Bliss, von Braun mailed a marriage proposal to 18-year-old Maria Luise von Quistorp, his cousin on his mother's side. On March 1, 1947, having received permission to go... In this article: Wernher von Braun, Walter Dornberger, Robert H. Goddard, Heinrich Himmler, United States, and Adolf Hitler |
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...born at Fort Bliss Army Hospital. The von Brauns eventually had two more children, on 8 May 1952 and Peter Constantine on 2 June 1960. Maria was widowed on 16 June 1977 when Wernher von Braun died in Alexandria, Virginia, at the age of 65.
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Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (March 23, 1912 – June 16, 1977), a German rocket physicist and astronautics engineer, became one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Germany and the United States. Wernher von Braun is sometimes said to be the preeminent rocket engineer of the 20th century.
In his 20s and early 30s, von Braun was the central figure in Germany's pre-war rocket development program, responsible for the design and realization of the deadly V-2 combat rocket during World War II. After the war, he and some of his rocket team were taken to the United States as part of the then-secret Operation Overcast. In 1955, ten years after entering the country, von Braun became a naturalized U.S. citizen.
Von Braun worked on the American intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program before joining NASA, where he served as director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the superbooster that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon. He is generally regarded as the father of the United States space program, both for his technical and organizational skills, and for his public relations efforts on behalf of space flight. He received the 1975 National Medal of Science.
- Birth Date:
- March 23, 1912
- Birthplace:
- Wirsitz, German Empire
- Death Date:
- June 16, 1977
- Place of Death:
- Alexandria, Virginia, USA
- Cause of Death:
- Cancer
- Nationality:
- German, American
- Occupation:
- German rocket engineer and designer.
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