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23/03/1912 German engineer Wernher von Braun is born

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Wernher von Braun: his story told. "Missile to Moon", documentary. PBS (2012)

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Wernher von Braun tells the story of Apollo 11: "Footprints on the Moon" RARE DOCUMENTARY (1969)

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Wernher von Braun explains the possibility to reach the Moon. "Man and the Moon", Dec. 28, 1955

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Wernher von Braun talks about V-2 rocket: " Hitler's Secret Weapon ", NOVA documentary (1977)

He is known as the leading figure in the development of early rocket technology. Broun developed infamous V-2 rocket during World War II. After the war, he has moved to the United States, as part of Operation Paperclip. He became a principal architect of the Saturn V rocket, which took humans to the Moon.