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 ...
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, ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Upper Atmosphere Rocket Research Panel (V-2 Panel) oversaw aspects of a long series of experiments conducted after World War II utilizing ...
During the chaos of World War II, Nazi Germany unveiled the V-2 Rocket, the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile. Developed by Wernher von Braun, it was a feat of engineering wrapped in ...
This collection is comprised mostly of administrative memoranda of the portion of the V-2 Panel which represented the Rocket-Sonde Research Section of NAR. The thirty-four files from Rocket-Sonde ...