With the onset of World War II the city was chosen as the location of Redstone Arsenal, a military base. After the war, captured Nazi scientist [[Wernher von Braun]] was brought to the base to work at the Marshall Space Flight Center and develop what would become [[NASA]]. Due to its history of involvement with the US space program, the city has been nicknamed "Rocket City", for which it has been famous ever since.
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