Today in History: First Rocket Launched from Cape Canaveral On July 24, 1950 — 64 years ago today — the first rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral — the place from which all U.S. Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle manned space flights later originated. The rocket first launched from Cape Canaveral was a German V-2 rocket coupled to a U.S.-developed scientific research “WAC” rocket. Sources: •en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTV-G-4_Bumper •nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_765.html •nasa.gov/pdf/171684main_Bumper8.pdf •en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAC_Corporal Image credit: •en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTV-G-4_Bumper#mediaviewer/File:Bumper8_launch-GPN-2000-000613.jpg
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 20:35:03 +0000
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