The first photograph of our planet taken from outer space dates back to 1946 when the Americans used a captured German V2 rocket from World War II. At the end of the Second World War, the United ...

In many ways, the V-2 rocket was the spark that started the Space Race between the two countries. With the United States and Soviet Union taking the majority of V-2 hardware and personnel ...

In the fall of 1957, it seemed as though the United States’ space program would ... the DoD contracted North American Aviation to study the V-2 rocket and adapt it to US standards.

ULA crews at Cape Canaveral have already stacked the next Vulcan rocket on its mobile launch platform in anticipation of ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from United States. Followed categories will ... Debris from the Starship rocket that imploded after launch lit up the sky as it fell back to Earth.