von Braun

American

[von broun, fuhn broun] / vɒn ˈbraʊn, fən ˈbraʊn /

noun

Braun, Wernher von.

von Braun British

/ vɒn ˈbraʊn, fɒn /

noun

Wernher (ˈvɛrnər). 1912–77, US rocket engineer, born in Germany, where he designed the V-2 missile used in World War II. In the US he worked on the Apollo project

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“There’s that pivotal moment in Season 1 when she does not understand how Wernher von Braun could have chosen his work over human lives,” Schmidt says of Margo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

Like von Braun, Debus was also a member of the Nazi Party, and an SS officer.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2023

One of the earliest popularizations of orbiting space habitats and Mars colonies came from the engineer Wernher von Braun, whose personal history should make us cautious about space visionaries.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 26, 2023

Elon Musk is the most morally dubious rocket pioneer since Wernher von Braun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2023

I trusted that Wernher von Braun, at least, was doing something about it.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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