A test rocket aimed at kick-starting satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded 40 seconds after its launch from a Norwegian space port. The uncrewed Spectrum rocket was described ...
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 ...
On Sept. 8, 1944 — 80 years ago today, September 2024 — Nazi Germany made its first successful launches of its V-2 rockets. Two were aimed at Paris, which had been liberated by the Allies just two ...