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V-2 rocket

The V-2 rocket , technical name Aggregat-4 , was a ballistic missile that was developed at the beginning of the Second World War in Germany, specifically targeted at London and later Antwerp. The liquid-propellant rocket was the world's first long-range combat-ballistic missile and first known human artifact to enter outer space...

Timeline of Events

1942

3.16.1942

The first V-2 rocket test launch. It explodes at lift-off.

10.3.1942

Spaceflight: The first successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. It is the first man-made object to reach space.

12.22.1942

World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.

1944

7.26.1944

The first German V-2 rocket hits Great Britain.

11.26.1944

World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop on New Cross High Street, United Kingdom, killing 168 shoppers.

1946

5.10.1946

First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.