In 1960, Columbia Pictures released a movie about NASA rocket scientist Wernher von Braun called I Aim at the Stars. Comedian Mort Sahl suggested a subtitle: But Sometimes I Hit London. Von Braun, ...
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The Nazi rocket that reached space first, the V-2, Von Braun, and the dark origin of modern spaceflight
In June 1944, a V-2 test flight climbed to the edge of space, creating a grim milestone that linked rocketry, forced labor, and wartime terror to the birth of the Space Age. After 1945, the same ...
On Sept. 16, 1949, the U.S. launched a V-2 rocket with a monkey named Albert III on board. Albert III was the third monkey the U.S. attempted to launch to space. He was also the third one to be killed ...
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Kill Devil to V-2: When flight became a weapon
Flight began as a utopian dream — a symbol of human progress. But by the time WWII arrived, it had become one of the deadliest tools in modern warfare. This episode traces how the dream of flight ...
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