Wernher von Braun, Ph.D.
Affiliations: | National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC, United States |
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Rocket ScienceWebsite:
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"Wernher Braun"Bio:
https://nationalmedals.org/laureate/wernher-von-braun/
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (March 23, 1912 – June 16, 1977) was a German–born American aerospace engineer[3] and space architect. He was the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany and a pioneer of rocket and space technology in the United States. He helped design and develop the V-2 rocket at Peenemünde during World War II. He developed the rockets that launched the United States' first space satellite Explorer 1. He served as director of the newly formed Marshall Space Flight Center and as the chief architect of the Saturn V super heavy-lift launch vehicle that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon.
Parents
Sign in to add mentor| Erich Schumann | grad student | 1932-1934 | University of Berlin and Friedrich-Wilhelms-Institutes in Berlin (Physics Tree) |
Children
Sign in to add trainee| A. Ben Huang | research scientist | Marshall Space Flight Center (Fluid Dynamics and Combustion Tree) | |
| Hans Karl Paetzold | research scientist | 1943-1945 | Peenemünde (Meteorology Tree) |
| Widen Tabakoff | research scientist | 1958-1959 | Marshall Space Flight Center (E-Tree) |