Depending on where you come from in the state of Alabama, you have likely either never heard of Wernher von Braun, or you think he is a modern day Columbus, responsible for guiding the United ...

If you've lived in Huntsville long, you've heard the legend of what Wernher von Braun and his rocket team brought to a sleepy cotton town. A university. A symphony. A planetarium. The Parkway. A ...

The NASA team behind the James Webb Space Telescope has been awarded the Wernher von Braun Memorial Award by the National Space Society. Top News // 5 years ago On This Day: Coal slag buries Welsh ...

Some of the most recognizable and iconic conceptual spacecraft designs ever proposed are those of Wernher von Braun’s space popularization campaign of the 1950s. This post will look at just one ...

Despite the backlash, Wernher von Braun gave his presentation on March 21, 1968, without incident. He was introduced to a packed house at Emens by biology professor Robert Cooper, then head of ...

Wernher von Braun —centennial of his birth is March 23 — came to rest locally. Wernher von Braun's grave in Ivy Hill Cemetery. Thursday, March 22, 2012 ...

The other day I ran into Dr. Wernher von Braun – in a very strange and unlikely place. Unless you are a boomer or early Gen Xer you may not even have heard about him. And maybe it’s because he ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — 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.

Von Braun Center (named for Dr. Wernher von Braun, the German rocket scientist who catapulted Huntsville into space exploration) is the undisputed hub for indoor entertainment in the Rocket City.