Wernher von Braun, the brilliant yet controversial rocket engineer, can be seen sitting next to a sleek rocket model and an imposing mainframe computer in Huntsville, Alabama, June 1960, a man at the heart of humanity’s leap into the space age. Von Braun’s story is nothing short of a cinematic thriller. As the mastermind behind WW2-era Germany’s V-2 rocket, he helped design the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile, a supersonic weapon that literally crossed the edge of space during

Wernher von Braun: History’s most controversial figure?