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 ...
Hackaday7y
The German Space Program That Never Was
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 ...
The Hindu1mon
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, launched off the Baltic coast, achieved an altitude of almost 190 km – high above ...
MercoPress13y
German V2 rocket from World War II found in east coast of England
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 ...