Ranging from upgraded versions of their already devastatingly effective U-Boats ... V-2 launch during Operation Backfire One of the most coveted prizes was the Aggregat 4 (A4) rocket.

How did we go from a 12-second flight at Kill Devil Hills to rockets breaching the atmosphere? This is the story of humanity’s leap into aerospace innovation.

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