Von Braun, Wernher

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Von Braun, Wernher (1912–77) US aeronautical engineer, b. Germany. In World War 2, he was responsible for building the v-2 rocket. In 1945, Von Braun went to the USA, where he developed the Jupiter rocket that took the first US satellite, Explorer 1, into space in 1958. In 1960, he joined the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and developed the Saturn rocket that took astronauts to the Moon. See also space exploration

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