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The Nazi rocket that reached space first, the V-2, Von Braun, and the dark origin of modern spaceflight
In June 1944, a V-2 test flight climbed to the edge of space, creating a grim milestone that linked rocketry, forced labor, and wartime terror to the birth of the Space Age. After 1945, the same ...
During the chaos of World War II, Nazi Germany unveiled the V-2 Rocket, the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile. Developed by Wernher von Braun, it was a feat of engineering wrapped in ...
The V-2, designated Vergeltungswaffe Zwei, achieved its first successful test launch on October 3, 1942, from Peenemunde, Germany, reaching an altitude of 97 kilometers and traveling 190 kilometers in ...
In 1960, Columbia Pictures released a movie about NASA rocket scientist Wernher von Braun called I Aim at the Stars. Comedian Mort Sahl suggested a subtitle: But Sometimes I Hit London. Von Braun, ...
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