In many ways, the V-2 rocket was the spark that started the Space Race between the two countries. With the United States and Soviet Union taking the majority of V-2 hardware and personnel ...

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A previous post discussed the creation of the V-2 rocket ... along with the rocket as it traveled farther and farther downrange. If Germany ever hoped to strike the mainland US from European ...

Are you aware that the first rocket that made it to space was actually built for war? The German V-2 A4 rocket, launched off the Baltic coast, achieved an altitude of almost 190 km – high above ...