Wernher von Braun

Born

March 23, 1912

Died

June 16, 1977 (aged 65)

Known as

physicist, military flight engineer, non-fiction writer, inventor, military personnel, design engineer

Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun was a German American aerospace engineer and space architect. He led the development of German rocket technology in World War II, during which time he became a member of the Nazi Party and later the Allgemeine SS. Following the war, he relocated to the United States, developing missiles for the US Army and later designing rockets for NASA’s Apollo program.

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