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.

Had World War II not ended when it did, Nazi Germany likely would have sent more V-2 rockets hurtling toward potential victims. One of those missiles is now in Everett. The restored rocket was ...

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.

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

Space Coast of Florida typically sees a rocket blast off multiple times a month, but rocket launch doubleheaders from NASA ...

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.

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.

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 ...

German V-2 rockets reached a speed of Mach 4.3 in ascent, and then became hypersonic in descent, clearing Mach 5 as they struck targets in England. The V-2 was the first long-range ballistic missile.

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 ...