Rockets
Rocket History
What types of Rockets are there
Apollo , Delta , Alliance and Atlas
The 1st Rocket to go in space
- The first rocket which could fly high enough to get into space was the V2 missile which was first launched by Germany in 1942. The first rocket which actually launched something into space was used to launch Sputnik, the first satellite, on October 4, 1957. The rocket that launched Sputnik was a R-7 ICBM rocket.
What is a V2 missile
The V-2 (German: Vergeltungswaffe 2, "Retribution Weapon 2"), technical name Aggregat-4 (A4), was the world's first long-range[4] guided ballistic missile. The missile with liquid-propellant rocket engine was developed during the Second World War in Germany as a "vengeance weapon", designed to attack Allied cities as retaliation for the Allied bombings against German cities. The V-2 rocket was also the first man-made object to cross the boundary of space.
What does Sputnik mean
Each of a series of Soviet artificial satellites, the first of which (launched on 4 October 1957) was the first satellite to be placed in orbit.
What does Soviet mean
An elected local, district, or national council in the former Soviet Union.
What does artificial mean
Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural.
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