These illustrations by Fred Freeman show Wernher von Braun’s concept for a space shuttle in the 1950s. The illustrations can be found in the book Visions of Spaceflight: Images from the Ordway ...

Wernher von Braun's archive of signed technical drawings, schematics, orbital diagrams, and mathematical calculations related to his efforts to sell an ambitious space program to the American ...

The Nazi scientist who designed the V2 rocket also helped America reach the Moon. And he had a plan for deeper space exploration that was ahead of its time, writes Richard Hollingham.

The scanned pages from von Braun's boyhood notebook and a blueprint of a letter that Amaldi wrote in 1958 were flown on the ... 1st Canadian astronaut to fly into space, dies at 76. 60 years ...

Two early space leaders whose work helped lead to the International Space Station (ISS) were remembered on Friday (March 23) with the launch of their writings on board an unmanned supply craft ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- "Good evening, my fellow Americans. This is your president. Tonight is a historic moment. I am bringing to you my 1987 State of the Universe message from Space Station Zeus ...

A look inside the planned Von Braun space station. (Image credit: The Gateway Foundation) "I think it started really with 'Star Trek' and then 'Star Wars,' and [with] this concept of large groups ...

Friday March 23rd is the 100 th anniversary of the birth of Wernher von Braun (1912-1977), the man most responsible for creating and implementing a vision of humans in space. Von Braun is ...

Wernher von Braun and John F. Kennedy were both sons of aristocracy, both dreaming with the moon in their eyes. One had the knowledge to get there, the other the means.

This clip from the DVD History of Spaceflight outlines Wernher von Braun’s vision for the colonization of space. Be sure to check out footage of von Braun from the rarely seen film Challenge of ...

The Nazi scientist who designed the V2 rocket also helped America reach the Moon. And he had a plan for deeper space exploration that was ahead of its time, writes Richard Hollingham.