Especially since he was employed by Bell Aircraft Corporation and developing the X-15 for NASA at the time. Why You Should Read V-2 I’ll admit that I’m somewhat obsessed with the V-2 rocket.

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He said the rocket reached an altitude of 40 miles and was in flight five minutes. He said the V-2 was being used to test certain component parts in American-made rockets.

The V-2 bought by Allen was intact on the inside but its shell had deteriorated, Graff said. The rocket was taken to American Aero Services in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. to get a new “skin.” ...

As workers unwrapped the base of a V-2 rocket at Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Collection, in Everett, Monday, Military Aviation Curator Corey Graff was giddy. "Just like Christmas here, except you ...

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At 2:47 on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 16, 1946, a captured Nazi V-2 missile ascended from the U.S. Army’s new White Sands Proving Ground in south-central New Mexico.

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This visibility map shows when and where your best chances are to see the rocket as it lifts off Wednesday, April 9, 2025, and heads northeasterly into space.© UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE ...

The V-2 bought by Allen was intact on the inside but its shell had deteriorated, Graff said. The rocket was taken to American Aero Services in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. to get a new “skin.” ...