Actor · Technical Advisor
Born Mar 22, 1912 · Wirsitz, Germany [now Wyrzysk, Poland]
Active 1955–1977 · Awards: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Werner von Siemens Ring, Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille, National Medal of Science, Elliott Cresson Medal, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, Langley Gold Medal
Werner Von Braun was a rocket pioneer and became the world's leading rocket scientist. Starting his career as a Nazi SS officer in the 1930s, and leading the team that developed what became the V-2 rocket, over 3,000 of which were…