Wernher von Braun
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Wernher von Braun was a German-American aerospace engineer and pioneering rocket scientist who led the development of both Nazi Germany’s V-2 missile and NASA’s Saturn V rocket that enabled the Apollo Moon landings.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wernher von Braun canonical | 37 |
| Wernher | 2 |
| von Braun | 2 |
| Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun | 1 |
| aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun | 1 |
| rocket engineer Wernher von Braun | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
German-American
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aerospace engineer ⓘ human ⓘ rocket scientist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pancreatic cancer ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Germany
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | German Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1912-03-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1977-06-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Technical University of Berlin ⓘ |
| employer |
Fairchild Aircraft
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Fairchild Industries
German Army ⓘ Marshall Space Flight Center ⓘ NASA ⓘ Peenemünde Army Research Center ⓘ United States Army ⓘ |
| familyName |
Wernher von Braun
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von Braun
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| fieldOfWork |
aerospace engineering
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rocket engineering ⓘ space exploration ⓘ |
| fullName |
Wernher von Braun
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Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun
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| givenName |
Wernher von Braun
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Wernher
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| honorificTitle | Freiherr ⓘ |
| influenced |
Space Race
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Cold War space race
United States civil space program ⓘ
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U.S. space program
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| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Nazi Party
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SS ⓘ |
| militaryRank | SS-Sturmbannführer ⓘ |
| movedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
contributed to Apollo Moon landing program
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helped launch first U.S. satellite Explorer 1 ⓘ led development of NASA’s Saturn V launch vehicle ⓘ led development of Nazi Germany’s V-2 ballistic missile ⓘ |
| notablePublication | The Mars Project ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A-4 rocket
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Jupiter-C rocket ⓘ Redstone rocket ⓘ Saturn I ⓘ
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Saturn I rocket
Saturn IB ⓘ
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Saturn IB rocket
Saturn V ⓘ
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Saturn V rocket
V-2 rocket ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Province of Posen
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Wirsitz, Province of Posen, German Empire
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| placeOfDeath |
City of Alexandria, Virginia
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Alexandria, Virginia, United States
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| positionHeld |
Chief architect of Saturn V rocket
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Director of Development Operations Division, Army Ballistic Missile Agency ⓘ Director of Marshall Space Flight Center ⓘ |
| project |
Apollo program
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surface form:
Apollo program (launch vehicle development)
V-2 rocket program at Peenemünde ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| relocationContext | Operation Paperclip ⓘ |
| spouse | Maria von Quistorp ⓘ |
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Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun
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Wernher
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von Braun
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Man in Space
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Wernher
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Vergeltungswaffe 2
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rocket engineer Wernher von Braun
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aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun
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Robert H. Goddard