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Nazi Germany’s WW2 rocket space plane explained

Late in World War II, Nazi engineers proposed the Silbervogel, a suborbital rocket powered bomber designed to strike targets across the Atlantic. Using a boost sled and a skipping reentry trajectory, ...
On Oct. 3, 1942, Germany did the first-ever successful test launch of a ballistic missile. This missile was officially named Aggregat 4 (A4) but more commonly known as the V-2. The V-2 was designed by ...