Wernher von Braun

GPTKB entity

Statements (75)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:engineer
gptkb:physicist
astronomer
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Technical_University_of_Berlin
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:NASA_Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Knight_Commander's_Cross_of_the_Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Elliott_Cresson_Medal
gptkb:NASA_Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Knight_Commander's_Cross_of_the_Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany
gptkbp:birthDate 1912-03-23
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Wernher_Magnus_Maximilian_Freiherr_von_Braun-Schmidt
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Wirsitz,_German_Empire
Wirsitz, German Empire (now Wyrzysk, Poland)
gptkbp:causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer
gptkbp:children gptkb:Iris_Careen_von_Braun
gptkb:Margrit_Cecile_von_Braun
gptkb:Peter_Constantine_von_Braun
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Germany
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1977-06-16
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Alexandria,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:diedIn pancreatic cancer
gptkbp:emigratedTo gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:employer gptkb:German_Army
gptkb:NASA
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:field aerospace engineering
space exploration
rocket technology
gptkbp:fieldOfWork space exploration
rocket technology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wernher von Braun
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:U.S._space_program
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Hermann_Oberth
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gptkb:satellite
gptkb:Apollo_program
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:Peenemünde_Army_Research_Center
gptkb:Marshall_Space_Flight_Center
development of Saturn V
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Institute_of_Aeronautics_and_Astronautics
gptkb:Nazi_Party
SS
gptkbp:militaryRank SS-Sturmbannführer
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkb:German
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gptkb:V-2_rocket
gptkb:satellite
gptkb:Explorer_1
gptkb:Jupiter-C_rocket
gptkb:Saturn_V
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:scientist
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Operation_Paperclip
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Lutheranism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Ivy_Hill_Cemetery,_Alexandria,_Virginia
gptkbp:signature Wernher von Braun signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Maria_von_Quistorp
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
documentaries
films
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Across_the_Space_Frontier
gptkb:First_Men_to_the_Moon
gptkb:Project_Mars:_A_Technical_Tale
gptkb:The_Mars_Project
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Helmut_Hoelzer
gptkb:Langley_Gold_Medal
gptkb:Peenemünde_Army_Research_Center
gptkb:satellite
gptkb:Rocketry
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4