The strong-willed director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, he failed to pass on warnings from engineers that the space shuttle launch was at risk.

Elon Musk, the US’s would-be dictator, isn’t content with lying about the Boeing Starliner astronauts, who unexpectedly spent much longer in space than they planned after the Boeing craft had thruster ...

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

“Maria’s enduring legacy in Huntsville has shaped the city’s rich history in space exploration and education” Together with her late husband, Dr. Wernher von Braun, Maria was a cornerstone of the ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — 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. The rocket center said that Maria von ...

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

Maria von Braun, widow of rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun and a prominent figure in America's early space program, died Jan. 20 at her home in Alexandria. She was 96. Born Maria von Quistorp in ...

The camp was conceived by Dr. Wernher von Braun, a pioneer of the Apollo rocket program, and Edward O. Buckbee, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s first director. “Space Camp offers Virgin Islands youth ...