Germany’s largest rocket since V-2 crashes and explodes seconds after launch
A test rocket aimed at kick-starting satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded 40 seconds after its ...
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 ...
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Japanese Rocket Engine Explodes: Continuously And On Purpose
Liquid-fuelled rocket engine design has largely followed a simple template since the development of the German V-2 rocket in the middle of World War 2. Propellant and oxidizer are mixed in a ...
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Books You Should Read: V-2 By Walter Dornberger
Some experimental vehicles were launched with the rocket engine in the nose ... s constant desire to improve and refine the V-2. As the design was not frozen, and indeed in some ways not even ...