A previous post discussed the creation of the V-2 rocket ... weight being dragged along with the rocket as it traveled farther and farther downrange. If Germany ever hoped to strike the mainland ...

Walter Dornberger (Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1980-009-33 / CC-BY-SA 3.0) This is the world in which V-2, written by the head of the German rocket development program Walter Dornberger, takes place.

Are you aware that the first rocket that made it to space was actually built for war? The German V-2 A4 rocket, launched off the Baltic coast, achieved an altitude of almost 190 km – high above ...

The German V-2 rocket was not a real guided missile. Its control apparatus was set before firing. If the rocket went in the wrong direction, all that could be done was to cut off the fuel supply ...

A German V2 rocket from World War II has been found nose down in the mud flats at Harwich Harbour in the east coast of England. Royal Navy divers said it was buried vertically with about 1.5m of ...