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Since 2005, the Ad Astra Rocket Company of Webster, Texas, has been working to perfect a type of engine it calls VASIMR (Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket). It uses radio waves to heat argon gas, turning it into a hot plasma a state of matter in which electrons are no longer bound to atomi...

(Old news) Germany launches the first V-1 rocket attacks against London. It is the first guided-missile strike against an enemy city in the history of warfare. The V-1, one of Nazi Germany's so-called "wonder weapons," had been in development during the '30s but research slowed when a G...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a series of rockets from its two launch centres between Thursday and Sunday to study Friday's solar eclipse and its after-effects. A rare and longest annular solar eclipse of this millennium will occur on Friday visible in the southern par...

The First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral A new chapter in space flight began on 1950 July with the launch of the first rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida: the Bumper V-2. Read more

Operation Sandy was the codename for the post-World War II launch of a captured V-2 rocket from the deck of the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Midway on September 6, 1947. It marked the first launch of a large rocket, and the only time for a V-2, from a ship at sea. Read more [video=http://www.y...

Test Stand VII (German: Prüfstand VII, P-7) was the principal V-2 rocket testing facility at Peenemünde Airfield and was capable of static firing of rocket motors up to 200 tons thrust. Notable events at the site include the first successful V-2 launch on October 3, 1942, visits by German military l...

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Rocket Troposhpere V (Preview)	Mission News	0	1745	Nov 19 23:02 2009 by Blobrana
[url=http://www.koreus.com/video/troposphere-5-fusee-congo...
Rocket Engine VASIMR (Preview)	Mission News	2	3942	Nov 20 02:26 2009 by Blobrana
Since 2005, the Ad Astra Rocket Company of Webster, Texas, has been working to perfect a type of engine it calls VASIMR (Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket). It uses radio waves to heat argon gas, turning it into a hot plasma a state of matter in which electrons are no longer bound to atomi...
Rocket The V-1 ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Mission News	13	19275	Mar 29 06:05 2012 by Blobrana
(Old news) Germany launches the first V-1 rocket attacks against London. It is the first guided-missile strike against an enemy city in the history of warfare. The V-1, one of Nazi Germany's so-called "wonder weapons," had been in development during the '30s but research slowed when a G...
Rocket Rohini Sounding Rocket launch (Preview)	Mission News	2	1940	Jan 16 01:30 2010 by Blobrana
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a series of rockets from its two launch centres between Thursday and Sunday to study Friday's solar eclipse and its after-effects. A rare and longest annular solar eclipse of this millennium will occur on Friday visible in the southern par...
Rocket Bumper V-2 (Preview)	Missile	6	9265	Jul 24 05:51 2012 by Blobrana
The First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral A new chapter in space flight began on 1950 July with the launch of the first rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida: the Bumper V-2. Read more
Rocket Operation Sandy (Preview)	Missile	0	1794	Sep 5 23:24 2011 by Blobrana
Operation Sandy was the codename for the post-World War II launch of a captured V-2 rocket from the deck of the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Midway on September 6, 1947. It marked the first launch of a large rocket, and the only time for a V-2, from a ship at sea. Read more [video=http://www.y...
Rocket Test Stand VII (Preview)	Missile	0	1771	Oct 2 23:02 2011 by Blobrana
Test Stand VII (German: Prüfstand VII, P-7) was the principal V-2 rocket testing facility at Peenemünde Airfield and was capable of static firing of rocket motors up to 200 tons thrust. Notable events at the site include the first successful V-2 launch on October 3, 1942, visits by German military l...