U.S. News Insider Tip: Several hotels are near Von Braun Center, but the most convenient is Embassy Suites, which has a covered sky bridge leading directly from the hotel to the center. – Connie ...

In an article by Dr. Magdalena Ickiewicz-Sawicka, Hugo Boss's success is attributed to being the "creator of Nazi elegance," supplying uniforms to the Hitler Youth and the SS. A new academic study has ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The Von Braun Center will host an all-star concert set to honor the biggest hits of 1990’s country music. The one night only concert, set for Feb. 5, will consist of three ...

Crystal Skillman recounts how a book in Alabama revealed a dark chapter behind NASA, inspiring her to write a drama onstage at Synchronicity. "The Rocket Men" features a cast of all female actors, ...

The V-2, designated Vergeltungswaffe Zwei, achieved its first successful test launch on October 3, 1942, from Peenemunde, Germany, reaching an altitude of 97 kilometers and traveling 190 kilometers in ...

Wernher von Braun was a full-fledged American celebrity in the 1950s, appearing on the cover of Time magazine and collaborating with Walt Disney on three TV specials based on space exploration. People ...

After World War II, Operation Paperclip quietly recruited German scientists to work on its most advanced weapons and space programs—including some who had been active in the Third Reich. The first U.S ...

Disney has made several big-budget films with the backing of the US government to sell space travel to a new generation. But audiences don’t seem to care. Still from Elio. (Pixar / Walt Disney ...

In the beginning, there was the name. A prophet guided Errol Musk to bestow it on his eldest son, or so he claimed. The seer was Wernher von Braun, a German engineer and an inspiration for Stanley ...

Before the dust had settled on one of the worst conflicts in human history, German scientists were being targeted by the United States for capture and relocation to the United States under a secret ...