Wernher von Braun
/ˌvɜːnə vɒn ˈbraʊn/
/ˌvɜːrnər vɑːn ˈbraʊn/
- (1912-77) a US expert on rockets, born in Germany. He designed Germany's V2 rocket during the Second World War. In 1945, von Braun and his German team went to the US where he became head of the Marshall Space Flight Center at Huntsville, Alabama. He developed the first US satellite (= electronic device that moves around the earth in space), the Saturn rocket used for the NASA Apollo program flights to the moon, and the idea of the space shuttle.
韦恩·冯·布劳恩（Wernher von Braun）：（1912-77）是美国火箭专家，出生于德国。他在第二次世界大战期间设计了德国的V2火箭。1945年，冯·布劳恩（von Braun）和他的德国团队前往美国，成为阿拉巴马州汉斯维尔（Huntsville）马歇尔太空飞行中心的负责人。他开发了第一颗美国卫星（在太空中绕地球移动的电子设备），用于NASA阿波罗计划登月的土星火箭，以及航天飞机的构想。