wernher von braun

Wernher von Braun
    n 1: United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he
         designed a missile used against England); he led the United
         States Army team that put the first American satellite into
         space (1912-1977) [syn: {Braun}, {von Braun}, {Wernher von
         Braun}, {Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun}]