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von Braun Wernher . 1912--77, US rocket engineer, born in Germany, where he designed the V-2 missile used in World War II. In the US he worked on the Apollo project How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He details the rivalry between the two ingenious rocket scientists Sergei Pavlovich Korolev and Wernher von Braun, who paved the way for the intense space race between Russia and the United States. 14-17, 2006, at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Ala. Wernher von Braun is America's unlikely hero -- unlikely because he helped develop the Nazis' V-2 rocket. |
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