Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (died 1977)

Wernher von Braun

German-American aerospace engineer (1912–1977)

Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun was a German–American aerospace engineer and space architect. He was a member of the Nazi Party and Allgemeine SS, the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany, and later a pioneer of rocket and space…