Wernher von Braun
| Surname | Braun |
| Given Name | Wernher |
| Born | 23 Mar 1912 |
| Died | 16 Jun 1977 |
| Country | Germany, United States |
| Category | Science-Engineering |
| Gender | Male |
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Wernher von Braun Timeline
| 1 Oct 1932 | Wernher von Braun, a precocious young Prussian student, was appointed to the German Army Ordnance Department's ballistics section under Captain Walter R. Dornberger, an artillery specialist. |
| 21 Dec 1932 | Wernher von Braun attempted to light a rocket with a four meter long pole at Kummersdorf weapons research center south of Berlin, Germany; the rocket's motor exploded. |
| 7 Jul 1943 | At the Wolfsschanze headquarters in Rastenburg, Germany, Werhner von Braun and Walter Dornberger presented Adolf Hitler a film of a V-2 rocket launch. |
| 2 May 1945 | Werhner von Braun departed Haus Ingeborg in Oberjoch in the Allgäu mountains in southern Germany for Austria; his group ran into American troops after passing through Adolf-Hitler-Pass (now Oberjoch Pass). |
| 3 May 1945 | Werhner von Braun, having already been detained by American troops on the previous day in Austria, was officially listed as under arrest. |
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