[[Image:Wernher von Braun.jpg|right|thumb|250px200px|Wernher von Braun photographed in 1970]]
'''Wernher von Braun''' (Wirsitz, [[Germany]] 1912 – Alexandria, [[Virginia]], US 1977) was the father of the American space program, and the first director of the Marshall Space Flight Center.
On June 16, 1977, Von Braun died in Alexandria, Virginia at the age of 65.
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