HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Maria von Braun, widow of rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun and a prominent figure in America's early space ...

The U.S. Space and Rocket Center has announced that Maria von Braun, the wife of Dr. Wernher von Braun, has passed away at 96 ...

A book called "Mars Project" originated as a technical appendix to a science fiction novel, both of which were written by rocket science pioneer Wernher von Braun.  The technical appendix was ...

We’ve been stuck in low Earth orbit (LEO) ever since, with a return to deep space perpetually promised to be just a few years away. Falcon Heavy Payload Fairing But why? The short answer is ...

In the book, von Braun says that “the government of Mars ... to the newly created NASA and was helping lift satellites into space, and plan for the historic moon landings. He helped start ...

Let me out! Von Braun was born in Germany in 1912. With me, it started with the moon. My parents gave me a telescope. As a child, he was fascinated by the idea of going to space. So were a lot of ...

U.S. Space and Rocket Center Widow of Wernher von Braun, Who Led the Design of the Saturn V Moon Rocket, Was a Val ...