This launcher is about to displace the V-2 as Germany’s largest rocket
There are no customer satellites aboard the first Spectrum test flight. The rocket will climb into a polar orbit from Andøya ...
Germany’s largest rocket since V-2 crashes and explodes seconds after launch
A test rocket aimed at kick-starting satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded 40 seconds after its ...
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Wernher von Braun’s V-2 Rocket
Von Braun, born in Wirsitz, Germany ... the camouflage colors used when the V-2 was deployed on mobile launchers. Museum officials in the 1970s wanted to underscore the rocket’s place in ...
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The German Space Program That Never Was
A previous post discussed the creation of the V-2 rocket ... for Germany, it still managed to change the world in another way: as it served as the basic blueprint for all subsequent rockets ...
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Books You Should Read: V-2 By Walter Dornberger
Generally considered the father of the US space program, and the mind behind Germany’s rocket development in World War II, Wernher von Braun is naturally featured quite prominently in V-2.
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The rocket that launched the space age
Are you aware that the first rocket that made it to space was actually built for war? The German V-2 A4 rocket ... advanced into a collapsing Nazi Germany during World War II, they also gained ...
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Germany’s largest rocket since V-2 crashes and explodes seconds after launch
It was the largest German rocket since V-2, the Nazi-era rocket that has often been described as having launched the space age and was the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile.
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The V-2 Is About to Be Eclipsed as Germany's Largest Rocket
At the time, one of the co-founders, Daniel Metzler, led a team of 40 students working on rocket engines and launching sounding rockets. Josef Fleischmann was on the team that won the first SpaceX ...