In the 1960's the Von Braun rocket team had the only capability in the U.S. to conceive, design, develop, fabricate, test and launch an entirely new rocket system.

Wernher von Braun led NASA'S development of the Saturn V rocket that took Apollo 11 to the Moon. His Nazi record was not widely known until after his death.

Dozens of captured V-2 rockets were launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Eventually, the Army put von Braun and his team to work in Huntsville, Ala., developing ballistic missiles.

Wernher von Braun, the father of American rocket science who designed the Saturn V rocket in Huntsville, Ala. was the subject of the Comedy Central television show Drunk History on its Season 3 ...

The leader of the German rocket team, Wernher von Braun, led the effort in Huntsville to build the Saturn V. He was one of the big reasons, maybe the biggest that Huntsville is still called ...

Jesco von Puttkamer, a NASA engineer instrumental in the development of the Saturn V rocket booster seen here with a model of the rocket, died Dec. 27 at 79 after a brief illness.

All told, the Saturn rockets would take 27 Americans to the moon and von Braun attained legendary status as the country's foremost rocket designer.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Graveside services will be Saturday in Huntsville for Hans Joachim Fichtner, an original member of Dr. Wernher von Braun's rocket team that built the Saturn V moon rocket.

Von Braun poses with the engines of the Saturn V first stage One famous example they cite is the work done by the Nazis’ star aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun.

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, Dr. Wernher von Braun stands in front of a Saturn IB launch vehicle at Kennedy Space Flight Center on Jan. 22, 1968.

Wernher von Braun led NASA'S development of the Saturn V rocket that took Apollo 11 to the Moon. His Nazi record was not widely known until after his death.