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V-2 rocket
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The V-2 rocket, with the development name Aggregat-4, was the world's first practical, modern ballistic missile and suborbital launch vehicle. The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant rocket engine
Peenemünde Museum replica of V2
Peenemünde Museum replica of V2
Wernher von Braun at Peenemünde Army Research Center
Wernher von Braun at Peenemünde Army Research Center
Wind tunnel model of an A4 in the German Museum of Technology in Berlin
Wind tunnel model of an A4 in the German Museum of Technology in Berlin
Layout of a V2 rocket
Layout of a V2 rocket
Operation Paperclip
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Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from former Nazi Germany to the US between 1945 an
V-2 rocket
…from the Allied forces—the United States, the United Kingdom, France and the Soviet Union—raced to procure the Germans' missile technology. Through Operation Paperclip and Operation Osoaviakhim, captured hardware and manufacturing facilities, the V-2 was very influential on later ballistic missile and spaceflight…
Kurt Debus (front row, third from the left), a former V-2 rocket scientist and SS officer who became a NASA director, sitting between US president Joh
Kurt Debus (front row, third from the left), a former V-2 rocket scientist and SS officer who became a NASA director, sitting between US president John F. Kennedy and US vice president Lyndon B. Johnson in 1962 at a briefing at Blockhouse 34, Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex
V-2 rocket launching, Peenemünde, on the north-east Baltic German coast (1943)
V-2 rocket launching, Peenemünde, on the north-east Baltic German coast (1943)
The Allied zones of occupation in post-war Germany, highlighting the Soviet zone (red), the inner German border (heavy black line), and the zone from
The Allied zones of occupation in post-war Germany, highlighting the Soviet zone (red), the inner German border (heavy black line), and the zone from which British and American troops withdrew in July 1945 (purple). The provincial boundaries are those of Nazi Germany, before the present Länder (federal states) were established.
A group of 104 rocket scientists at Fort Bliss, Texas
A group of 104 rocket scientists at Fort Bliss, Texas