Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (US: /ˌvɜːrnər vɒn ˈbraʊn/ VUR-nər von BROWN, German: [ˌvɛʁnheːɐ̯ fɔn ˈbʁaʊ̯n]; 23 March 1912 – 16 June 1977) was a German-American aerospace engineer and space architect. He was a member of the Nazi Party and Allgemeine SS, and the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany, then later a pioneer of rocket and space technology in the United States.
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Wernher von Braun
×CloseGerman and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
Born | 1912-03-23 |
Died | 1977-06-16 |
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Wernher von Braun
×CloseGerman and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
Born | 1912-03-23 |
Died | 1977-06-16 |
Subjects
Astronautics, Rocketry, History, Space flight, Space flight to the moon, Space ships, Addresses, essays, lectures, Aeronautics, American Rocket Society, Astronautique, Correspondence, Exploration, Fiction, General Dynamics Corporation, General Motors Corporation, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, German Aerial operations, German language, Gesellschaft für Weltraumsforschung, Guided missiles, Histoire, International Business Machines Corporation, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Mars probes, Popular worksPeople
Aristid von Grosse (1905-), Armitage Watkins (1906-), Cornelius Ryan, Ernst Stuhlinger (1913-2008), Fred L. Whipple (1906-2004), Frederick C. Durant (1916-), G. Loeser, Heinz Gartmann (1917-), Heinz Hermann Kölle (1917-), Igor Ivan Sikorsky (1889-1972), John B. Medaris (1902-), John Sparkman (1899-1985), Jupps Gerhards, Otto Wolfgang Bechtle, Robert Collins Truax (1917-2010), Wilber Marion Brucker (1894-1968), Willy Ley (1906-1969)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL3027947A
- ISNI: 000000012132837X
- VIAF: 51769292
- Wikidata: Q57384
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q57384
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- Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun
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