Von Braun at his desk at the Marshall Space Flight Center in 1960, years after writing Project Mars. NASA Who else but Wernher von Braun ... was beardless. His face was swarthy, with warm and ...

Maria von Braun, widow of rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun and a prominent figure in America's early space program, died Jan.

In 1960, Columbia Pictures released a movie about NASA rocket scientist Wernher von Braun called I Aim at the Stars. Comedian Mort Sahl suggested a subtitle: But Sometimes I Hit London.