Wernher von Braun

Wernher von Braun’s Journey to Space This world had a great awakening when Wernher von Braun came forth into it. He has broughten very many accomplishments to the United States of America. Though he was a secret Nazi, he created the V-2 rocket, started a family in America, and made many creations throughout his life time. He also helped send the first man to the moon with one of his great creations. War does not define who is right, war simply defines who is left. Yet in this case, Wernher von Braun made it through the war and came to America with a mind full of ideas. His heart fell in love with space that eventually caused mistakes, consequences, and greatness. Von Braun had a huge passion for space exploration, here is how Wernher’s amazing career started off. Meanwhile, Wernher von Braun was born in Wirsitz, Germany in 1912. His fascination with rockets came to be when his mother bought him home a…

WERNHER VON BRAUN Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun, the father of modern rocketry and one of the most important outer space engineers of the 20th century, was born on 23th of March 1912 in Wirsitz (Wyrzysk)(today in Poland). He was a child of a wealthy family from Germany. With their second son, Wernher, Magnus von Braun and Emmy von Quistorp moved to Berlin in 1915. In those years, Wernher von Braun became interested in music and astronomy. And his passion, astronomy, went on for…

Don't say that he's hypocritical, Say rather that he's apolitical. Tom Lehrer – “Wernher von Braun” July 20, 1969, 10:56 p.m. Eastern Standard Time: Half a billion people watched with pride as an American airman from Ohio took the first step onto the moon. He and his two compatriots had traveled almost 400,000 kilometers through space––the culmination of two decades of research and 150 billion dollars. The American flag planted on the Moon proved a capstone moment in the space race. This…

Wernher von Braun was born into a family of great wealth and intelligence, shaping his outlook for a career in science. Wernher’s interest in space began at a very young age, and he developed great skills from the schools he attended. He became a prominent figure worldwide because of his involvement with World War I and NASA. He helped the space travel industry in both Germany and the United States, making them some of the most technologically advanced countries. Wernher von Braun began his…

Germany faced “catastrophic” failure. In a final bid for victory, “Hitler ordered the launch of a new secret weapon” (Everest, Space Race)—the V-2 rockets, which “[took] just 6 minutes to travel 200 miles to London” (Everest, Space Race) and caused 134 people to die without any defense. Obviously, Hitler’s V2 Long Range Rockets were deadly. Hence, this attack soon drew Allies’, especially the Soviets’ and the Americans’, attentions. They realized that the V-2 rocket was the weapon they must…

Allies fought the war in the first place appears to be a high price to pay for scientific advancement. On the other hand, if the US hadn’t claimed and brought these scientists over the Soviet Union may have surpassed the US and other countries in science and technology to become the only world power with the added intelligence of the scientists. Something that the US and its citizens wouldn’t appreciate. The scientists that were brought over did contribute to many new technologies especially…

There once was a monkey named Jim. He was sitting in his mother’s family room which had the sun shining through. He was listening to the sounds of the rocket launching on the TV. He saw the flames that came out of the bottom, and the American flag painted on the side. He was watching the moon launch, and he was thinking that he wanted to ride in the rocket when he grew up. Jim later asked his mom if he could be an astronaut one day, and his mom said, “You can be whatever you want if you put in…

Unknown Savior The space race was a long and complicated time in history in which many people became well known for their contributions to science and the space race. One of the most well-known is JFK, but his Vice President, Lyndon Baines Johnson, was as much of a force in making the American space program great if not a greater force than the President. Although the space race isn’t officially considered to have started until 1957, the race actually began at the end of World War…

The space race was a competition between the Soviet Union and the United States of America to see who could go to the moon first. The need for space exploration came out of the cold war between the Soviet Union and The United States of America. The cold war started after world war two around the late 1950’s, it was mainly about the capitalist world against the communist world of Russia (The Space Race). The space race brought great technological advances in the world between the Soviet Union…

allowed it to travel further. All these reasons made the rocket more accurate. It was then called the Hale Rocket, named after Hale himself. Rockets during the World War 1 era were reduced, as guns and artillery began to be used frequently during war. Rockets were still greatly improved during this time, as they began to experiment with them. Research organizations in accordance with German car manufacturer Opel began to try to create a rocket vehicle. Also, In 1936, British researchers…