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.

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 would include a 62-page scientific appendix full of ...

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

In the words of NASA, the greatest rocket scientist in history. We give you… Wernher von Braun. Let me out! Von Braun was born in Germany in 1912. With me, it started with the moon. My parents ...