A previous post discussed the creation of the V-2 rocket, the first man-made object to reach space.Designed and built at the Peenemünde Army Research Center during World War II, the V-2 was ...

Generally considered the father of the US space program, and the mind behind Germany’s rocket development in World War II, Wernher von Braun is naturally featured quite prominently in V-2.

The rocket was introduced by the Germans in 1944 and was 14m long A German V2 rocket from World War II has been found nose down in the mud flats at Harwich Harbour in the east coast of England ...

As World War II neared its end, Japan found itself with ... The Ohka was powered by three Type 4 Mark 1 Model 20 solid-fueled rocket motors, each producing 588 pounds of thrust.