How did we go from a 12-second flight at Kill Devil Hills to rockets breaching the atmosphere? This is the story of humanity’s leap into aerospace innovation.

Walter Dornberger (Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1980-009-33 / CC-BY-SA 3.0) This is the world in which V-2, written by the head of the German rocket development program Walter Dornberger, takes place.

V-2 launch during Operation Backfire One of the most coveted prizes was the Aggregat 4 (A4) rocket. Better known to the Allies as the V-2, it was the world’s first liquid fueled guided ballistic ...

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For the first time since its founding, nearly a quarter of a century ago, Blue Origin had reached orbit. The long-awaited ...