A German rocket, described as the largest the country has made since the Nazi-era V-2, has exploded just 40 seconds after launching from a Norwegian space port.

It was the largest German rocket since V-2, the Nazi-era rocket that has often been described as having launched the space age and was the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile.

It was the largest German rocket since V-2, the Nazi-era rocket that has often been described as having launched the space age and was the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile.

True north This launcher is about to displace the V-2 as Germany’s largest rocket Isar Aerospace's first Spectrum rocket will launch from Andøya Spaceport in Norway.

While Germany's V-2 rocket was a terrifying weapon used during World War II, it also ushered in what eventually became the Space Race.

On October 3, 1942, Germany launched a V-2 missile off of Peenemunde, which lies off the country’s Baltic coast. After traveling 118 miles, it was deemed a success — and quickly changed the ...

The First Launch of a V-2 Rocket From America Captured German missiles took flight from the New Mexico desert in the early years after World War II.

It's a little-known fact that two Nazi V-2 rockets were something of a sensation in Australia after World War II. The story of how they ended up Down Under is an intriguing one that involves ...

It was May 29, 1947. Here is the El Paso Times report: El Paso and Juarez were rocked Thursday night when a runaway German V-2 rocket fired from the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico ...

EVERETT — Had World War II not ended when it did, Nazi Germany likely would have sent more V-2 rockets hurtling toward potential victims.

Workers spend an afternoon piecing together a massive Mittelwerk GmbH V-2 Nazi rocket Monday, May 20, 2013, at the Flying Heritage Collection in Everett. The rocket is one of 16 remaining in the ...

The V-2 rocket Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is selling some of his abstract art, and buying a historic rocket. The eclectic Seattle billionaire has procured a rare Werner von Braun designed V-2 ...