V-2 rocket launch
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- Details
- Description
- Date
- 1946
- Copyright Owner
- © The Associated Press
- Keywords
- Hoelzer, Helmut; Germany; World War II
- Object ID
- 500004493
After World War II, captured V-2 rockets—and captured rocket engineers—helped jump-start the U.S. missile program. Helmut Hoelzer brought not only rocket expertise, but also an early analog computer he used in Germany during the War to simulate them.
