Wernher von Braun Net Worth

Wernher von Braun net worth is
$1.3 Million

Wernher von Braun Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

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 Name	Wernher von Braun
Net Worth	$1.3 Million
Date Of Birth	March 23, 1912
Died	June 16, 1977, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Place Of Birth	Wirsitz, West Prussia, Germany [now Wyrzysk, Wielkopolskie, Poland]
Height	1.85 m
Occupation	Rocket engineer and designer, aerospace project manager
Profession	Writer, Physicist, Aerospace Engineer
Work Position	Articles and topics related to Wernher von Braun
Education	Humboldt University of Berlin, Technical University of Berlin, ETH Zurich
Nationality	German, American
Spouse	Maria Luise von Quistorp
Children	Margrit Cécile von Braun, Peter Constantine von Braun, Iris Careen von Braun
Parents	Magnus von Braun, Emmy von Quistorp
Siblings	Magnus von Braun, Sigismund von Braun
Nicknames	Wernher von Braun, Braun, Wernher von
IMDB
Awards	NASA 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...
Movies	Sputnik Mania, The Search for Truth
Star Sign	Aries

#	Quote
1	If 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).
2	It 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]
3	Our 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
1	Was mentioned in an Allan Sherman song entitled "Oh Boy".
2	Received 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.
3	As 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.
4	In 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.
5	Von 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.
6	In 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.
7	Von 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.
8	Humorous 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."
9	Rocket scientist.

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status	Character
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	TV Series technical advisor - 2 episodes, 1955 - 1957 scientific advisor - 1 episode, 1955
Conquest of Space	1955	technical advisor - uncredited

Writer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Conquest of Space	1955	book "Mars Project" - uncredited

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
In Search of Ancient Astronauts	1973	TV Movie documentary thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Mighty Saturns Part I: The Early Saturns	2003	Video documentary	Himself (voice)
Nova	1977	TV Series documentary	Himself
In Search of Ancient Astronauts	1973	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Mike Douglas Show	1971-1972	TV Series	Himself - Dr. von Braun / Himself - Dr. Von Braun / Space Expert
Footprints on the Moon: Apollo 11	1969	Documentary	Narrator
This Week	1969	TV Series	Himself
Romeo und Julia 70	1969	TV Mini-Series	Himself
Horizon	1966	TV Series documentary	Himself
Auf der Suche nach der Welt von morgen	1966	TV Series documentary	Himself
Science All-Stars	1965	TV Series	Himself
The Search for Truth	1962	Documentary short	Himself (as Dr. Werner von Braun)
Small World	1960	TV Series	Himself
CBS Reports	1959	TV Series documentary	Himself - Dr. Wernher von Braun
The Twentieth Century	1957-1958	TV Series documentary	Himself
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	1955-1957	TV Series	Himself
The Johns Hopkins Science Review	1952	TV Series documentary	Himself (guest)