While Germany's V-2 rocket was a terrifying weapon used during World War II, it also ushered in what eventually became the Space Race.

Following the successful restoration of a German V-2 ballistic missile, the museum’s Preservation and Restoration Unit is now completing work on a V-1 cruise missile. This “buzz bomb,” a ...

WHITE SANDS, N.M. (KRQE) – 78 years ago, the world got its first look at Earth from space and New Mexico played a key role in the effort. It’s a common sight today, seeing satellites and even ...

True north This launcher is about to displace the V-2 as Germany’s largest rocket Isar Aerospace's first Spectrum rocket will launch from Andøya Spaceport in Norway.

A memorial stone has been unveiled to honour victims of a Nazi German V-2 rocket attack during World War Two. On 20 January 1945, a ballistic missile hit Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, killing 21 ...

Message 1 - The V-2 Long range Rocket Posted on: 26 November 2004 by Peter - WW2 Site Helper Dear Len Fortunately, the V2 wasn't a 'long-range' missile, its maximum range was around 250 miles.

German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, who helped build the V-2 rocket, came to work for NASA in 1945 as part of Operation Paperclip.

In the second of two features, BBC News Online looks at the legacy of the V-2 rocket - how the Americans and the Soviets raced to exploit the German technology and expertise they had captured at the ...

On the Rocket Coast. Hollanders on liberated Walcheren island told of the German’s careful guarding of V-2 launchings; the enemy hustled all civilians indoors when rockets were brought to the ...

WHITE SANDS, N.M. (KRQE) – 78 years ago, the world got its first look at Earth from space and New Mexico played a key role in the effort. It’s a common sight today, seeing satellites and… ...