Wernher von Braun Net Worth

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Wernher von Braun net worth is
$1.3 Million

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Wernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun (March 23, 1912 – June 16, 1977) was a German and American aerospace engineer and space architect. He was one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Germany during World War II and, subsequently, in the United States. He is credited as being one of the "Fathers of Rocket Science".In his 20s and early 30s, von Braun was the central figure in the Nazis' rocket development programme, responsible for the design and realization of the V-2 combat rocket during World War II. After the war, he and some select members of his rocket team were taken to the United States as part of the then-secret Operation Paperclip. Von Braun worked on the United States Army intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) program before his group was assimilated by NASA. Under NASA, he served as director of the newly formed Marshall Space Flight Center and as the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the superbooster that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon. According to one NASA source, he is "without doubt, the greatest rocket scientist in history". His crowning achievement was to lead the development of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped land the first men on the Moon in July 1969. In 1975 he received the National Medal of Science. 
Full NameWernher von Braun
Net Worth$1.3 Million
Date Of BirthMarch 23, 1912
DiedJune 16, 1977, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Place Of BirthWirsitz, West Prussia, Germany [now Wyrzysk, Wielkopolskie, Poland]
Height1.85 m
OccupationRocket engineer and designer, aerospace project manager
ProfessionWriter, Physicist, Aerospace Engineer
Work PositionArticles and topics related to Wernher von Braun
EducationHumboldt University of Berlin, Technical University of Berlin, ETH Zurich
NationalityGerman, American
SpouseMaria Luise von Quistorp
ChildrenMargrit Cécile von Braun, Peter Constantine von Braun, Iris Careen von Braun
ParentsMagnus von Braun, Emmy von Quistorp
SiblingsMagnus von Braun, Sigismund von Braun
NicknamesWernher von Braun, Braun, Wernher von
IMDBhttp://imdb.com/name/nm0902042
AwardsNASA Distinguished Service Medal, Elliott Cresson Medal, Werner von Siemens Ring, Langley Gold Medal, National Medal of Science for Engineering, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Retro Hugo Award for Best Related Work, Civitan International World Citizenship...
MoviesSputnik Mania, The Search for Truth
Star SignAries
#Quote
1If we continue at this leisurely pace, we will have to pass Russian customs when we land on the moon. (Describing his frustration with the American Space Program during the Cold War).
2It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. [on the meaning of space travel, quoted in Time magazine, 10 February 1958]
3Our sun is one of 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating the universe. It would be the height of presumption to think that we are the only living things in that enormous immensity. [1960]
#Fact
1Was mentioned in an Allan Sherman song entitled "Oh Boy".
2Received his bachelor's degree from the Berlin Institute of Technology in 1932 and two years later he earned a Ph.D. in physics at the University of Berlin.
3As a boy, von Braun dreamed of developing rockets to explore outer space. At the age of 13, he strapped six skyrocket fireworks to a red toy wagon. The wagon traveled into the center of his home town and exploded.
4In 1929, he joined the Verein für Raumschiffahrt (VfR), the German Rocket Society which had been founded on July 5, 1927. Von Braun became director of Germany's military rocket development program in 1936. As Adolf Hitler's German war machine collapsed, Berlin authorities ordered the VfR to destroy all classified documents. Von Braun disobeyed, hiding them in an abandoned mine. On May 2, 1945, the rocket team surrendered to invading American forces. Von Braun and his team were transferred to the US with about 150 captured V-2 rockets.
5Von Braun's rocket team at Huntsville, Alabama, built the first American ballistic missile, named the Redstone. In August 1953, the first Redstone rocket was tested at Cape Canaveral, Florida. On January 31, 1958, a modified Redstone (the Jupiter C) put the first American satellite, Explorer I, into orbit.
6In 1960, his team was transferred to NASA to form the nucleus of the Marshall Space Center in Huntsville. Here he continued the development of larger rockets: the Saturn I, the Saturn IB (the rocket that launched the Apollo spacecraft in Earth orbit) and the Saturn V, the rocket that put man on the Moon.
7Von Braun retired from NASA on June 10, 1972. He became involved in the private industrial sector and was active in establishing and promoting the National Space Institute. At the peak of his activities, von Braun learned he had cancer, which forced him to retire on December 31, 1976.
8Humorous singer-songwriter-performer Tom Lehrer includes a song about von Braun (titled, not surprisingly, "Wernher Von Braun") on his album "That Was the Year that Was."
9Rocket scientist.

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of ColorTV Series technical advisor - 2 episodes, 1955 - 1957 scientific advisor - 1 episode, 1955
Conquest of Space1955technical advisor - uncredited

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Conquest of Space1955book "Mars Project" - uncredited

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
In Search of Ancient Astronauts1973TV Movie documentary thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Mighty Saturns Part I: The Early Saturns2003Video documentaryHimself (voice)
Nova1977TV Series documentaryHimself
In Search of Ancient Astronauts1973TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Mike Douglas Show1971-1972TV SeriesHimself - Dr. von Braun / Himself - Dr. Von Braun / Space Expert
Footprints on the Moon: Apollo 111969DocumentaryNarrator
This Week1969TV SeriesHimself
Romeo und Julia 701969TV Mini-SeriesHimself
Horizon1966TV Series documentaryHimself
Auf der Suche nach der Welt von morgen1966TV Series documentaryHimself
Science All-Stars1965TV SeriesHimself
The Search for Truth1962Documentary shortHimself (as Dr. Werner von Braun)
Small World1960TV SeriesHimself
CBS Reports1959TV Series documentaryHimself - Dr. Wernher von Braun
The Twentieth Century1957-1958TV Series documentaryHimself
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color1955-1957TV SeriesHimself
The Johns Hopkins Science Review1952TV Series documentaryHimself (guest)

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