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The Nazi rocket that became the first manmade object to reach space and launched the space age
In 1944, a German V-2 missile crossed the boundary of space, becoming the first human-made object to do so during World War II. This episode traces how a brutal weapons program, built with forced ...
In 1960, Columbia Pictures released a movie about NASA rocket scientist Wernher von Braun called I Aim at the Stars. Comedian Mort Sahl suggested a subtitle: But Sometimes I Hit London. Von Braun, ...
On Oct. 3, 1942, Germany did the first-ever successful test launch of a ballistic missile. This missile was officially named Aggregat 4 (A4) but more commonly known as the V-2. The V-2 was designed by ...
A rare World War II-era V-2 rocket has been uncovered by a team of amateur archaeologists after they were asked to examine several craters at a former Nazi test site. The discovery was made in Blizna, ...
Wernher von Braun was a full-fledged American celebrity in the 1950s, appearing on the cover of Time magazine and collaborating with Walt Disney on three TV specials based on space exploration. People ...
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