After World War II, Operation Paperclip quietly recruited German scientists to work on its most advanced weapons and space programs—including some who had been active in the Third Reich. The first U.S ...

Silbervogel - the Nazi “Silver Bird” that could have changed the course of history - designed to launch from a rocket sled, climb into near space, and skip across the atmosphere like a stone across ...

Escaping the festering hostilities in Germany against Jews in the 1930s, Rudy Pins kissed his father goodbye and boarded a train. Then 12 years old, Pins -- bound for a new life in the United States - ...