1. Werner von Braun

2. Profile
Full name: Werner Magnus Maximillian Freiherr von Braun
He was born on March 23, 1912 in Wirsitz, Germany.
He died on June 16, 1977 in Alexandria, Virginia.

3. Greatest Accomplishment:
He developed the Saturn booster rocket which later helped
the United States make it’s legendary debut as the first
country to go to the moon.
Quote: “Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know
what I’m doing”.

4. Werner von Braun is of German nationality .
He was born to Baron Magnus von Braun, the founder of the
German Saving’s Bank, and Emmy von Quistorp, who was a
former astronomer and musician.
Werner von Braun was a student of Hermann Lietz School at
Ettersburg Castle near Weimar and later went to the Technical
University of Berlin.
Although hard to believe with his amazing history and
contributions to science, von Braun was actually really dismal in
math and science while in school.
He married his first cousin, Maria Luise von Quistorp on his
mother’s side in March of 1947.

5. Contributions to Science
He practically led the United States to its grand entrance
into the “space age”.
He contributed in help found the main United States space
program.
He helped reach the goal of space exploration.

6. Awards
He received:
Knight Cross of the War Merit Cross in 1944
Elected Honorary Fellow of the B.I.S. in 1949[65]
Deutsches Bundesverdienstkreuz in 1959
Smithsonian Langley Medal in 1967[66]
NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 1969
National Medal of Science in 1975
Werner-von-Siemens-Ring in 1975
Civitan International World Citizenship Award in 1970

7. This is a model of the V2 rocket
designed by Werner von Braun.
This is a diagram of
the V2 rocket
designed by Werner
von Braun

8. References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Wernher_von_Brau
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http://www.notablebiographies.com/Tu-We/Von-Braun-
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