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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

The V-2, designated Vergeltungswaffe Zwei, achieved its first successful test launch on October 3, 1942, from Peenemunde, Germany, reaching an altitude of 97 kilometers and traveling 190 kilometers in ...

On the damp and dreary evening of September 8, 1944, Sapper Bernard Browning hurried through western London toward the Chiswick train station. The young soldier, on military leave, was eager to see ...

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, ...

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 ...