The first serious proposal for a human mission to Mars came in 1953, when German-American rocket scientist Wernher von Braun published "The Mars Project." The book laid out a practical plan for ...

In 1960, Columbia Pictures released a movie about NASA rocket scientist Wernher von Braun called I Aim at the Stars. Comedian Mort Sahl suggested a subtitle: But Sometimes I Hit London.

Von Braun at his desk at the Marshall Space Flight Center in 1960, years after writing Project Mars. NASA Who else but Wernher von Braun would include a 62-page scientific appendix full of ...

In the words of NASA, the greatest rocket scientist in history. We give you… Wernher von Braun. Let me out! Von Braun was born in Germany in 1912. With me, it started with the moon. My parents ...

It’s been fifty years since man first landed on the Moon, but despite all the incredible advancements in technology since Armstrong made that iconic first small step, we’ve yet to reach any ...