Wernher von Braun
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Technology, Inventions, Aviation, Space Exploration
- Subcategories: Engineering, Engineers, Astronomy, Astronomers, Cosmology, Astronauts, Cosmonauts
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
Article abstract: A pioneer in German rocketry and a visionary of space flight, von Braun dominated the early American space program by directing construction of the Saturn rocket which propelled the first astronauts to the Moon.
Early Life
Wernher von Braun was born into the landowning aristocracy of Prussian Silesia on the eve of World War I, in Wirsitz, Germany (modern Wyrzysk, Poland). His father was Baron Magnus von Braun, his mother Baroness Emmy (von Quistorp) von Braun. Because his father rose to be minister of food and agriculture in the Weimar...
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