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SpaceX sets new rocket-reuse record on launch of US spy satellites
A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base Friday at 2:49 a.m. EDT (0649 GMT; 11:49 p.m. on ...
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The German Space Program That Never Was
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 ...
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First space photo: V2 rocket's daring 1946 mission revealed
The first photograph of our planet taken from outer space dates back to 1946 when the Americans used a captured German V2 rocket from ... Second World War, the United States acquired various ...
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Mary Sherman Morgan, Rocket Fuel Mixologist
As part of this program, the DoD contracted North American Aviation to study the V-2 rocket and adapt it to US standards. NAA later built the booster for its successor, the Redstone. Despite the ...
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ByGone Muncie: Wernher von Braun’s 1968 visit to Muncie
After von Braun’s visit was announced, some Ball State faculty openly opposed his invitation. Rumors began circulating of a ...
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The rocket that launched the space age
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 ...
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2 rocket launches set for Wednesday on Florida’s Space Coast
The first is set to lift off from Kennedy Space Center at 7:02 p.m. Intuitive Machines’ “IM-2 mission” will involve ... that will be aboard a Falcon 9 rocket during the Feb. 26 launch.