Wernher von Braun

✶March 23, 1912

†June 16, 1977

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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.

German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)

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