V-2 rocket launched from New Mexico in 1948 captured first photo of Earth from space. Posted: October 25, 2024 | Last updated: April 29, 2025.

The highly controversial Operation Paperclip saw the U.S. Government utilize disgraced Nazi scientists to get ahead of ...

The secret U.S. Army program delivered 1,600 German scientists and engineers along with 300 railcars filled with V-2 rockets and components to the United States following World War II.

Now, 80 years to the week since the last V-2 launch of World War II, Germany again has a homegrown liquid-fueled rocket on the launch pad. This time, it's for a much different purpose.

German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, who helped build the V-2 rocket, came to work for NASA in 1945 as part of Operation Paperclip. His job was to share his accumulated knowledge with the ...

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.

In fact, British researchers had noted that the V-2 rocket was almost large enough to carry a man in a small capsule. Putting these two facts together, British researcher H.E. Ross realized that a ...

What time is liftoff? ULA's Atlas V should be visible outside of Florida pending weather. See which cities, states made rocket launch visibility map ...

WHITE SANDS, N.M. (KRQE) – 78 years ago, the world got its first look at Earth from space and New Mexico played a key role in the effort. It’s a common sight today, seeing satellites and even ...