Von Braun, Wernher, von BROWN, VAR nuhr (1912-1977), was one of the world's foremost rocket engineers and a leading authority on space travel. Von Braun directed teams that built the rockets that sent the first American into space and landed the first astronauts on the moon. More »
Goddard, Robert Hutchings (1882-1945), was an American pioneer of rocket science. His experiments... More >>
McAuliffe, muh KAW lihf, Christa (1948-1986), was chosen to become the first schoolteacher to... More >>
Von Braun, Wernher, von BROWN, VAR nuhr (1912-1977), was one of the world's foremost rocket... More >>