according to wernher von braun, the first rocket got launched into space on june 1944.
according to wernher von braun, the first rocket got launched into space on june 1944.
according to wernher von braun, when did the first rocket get launched into space?
june 1944
working with private financial support, he was the first to launch a liquid-fueled rocket in 1926.









































goddard's paper was highly influential on hermann oberth, who in turn influenced wernher von braun. von braun became the first to produce modern rockets as guided weapons, employed by adolf hitler. von braun's v-2 was the first rocket to reach space, at an altitude of on a june 1944 test flight.
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bullet::::- "wernher von braun" – before heading up the u.s. rocket development program during the 1960s space race with the soviet union, german-american rocket scientist wernher von braun had helped develop the infamous v-2 rocket for nazi germany. hence the verse: "once the rockets are up / who cares where they come down? / that's not my department / says wernher von braun". (said lehrer: "and what will make it possible to spend $20 billion of "your" money to put some clown on the moon? why, it's good ol' american know-how, that's what! led by good ol' americans like dr. wernher von braun.") contrary to popular belief, von braun did not sue tom lehrer for defamation, nor has lehrer been forced to relinquish all of his royalty income to von braun. lehrer firmly denied those claims in a 2003 interview.
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