The Rise and Fall of Vengeance Weapon 2
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- Creator
- National Air and Space Museum
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- 6,430
- Video Title
- The Rise and Fall of Vengeance Weapon 2
- Description
- The V-2 missile was the world’s first liquid-propellant rocket, ballistic missile, and the first object to go into space. It was designed in Nazi Germany, and assembled underground by concentration camp prisoners. Though more than 3,000 V-2s were launched, more people were killed building the rocket than those hit by it. The V-2 was not a successful weapon for Germany, however, it marked a breakthrough in technology that propelled the Soviet Union and U.S. into an arms race and into space.
- Video Duration
- 2 min
- YouTube Keywords
- aviation air space national museum smithsonian airplane NASA Rocket Jet Discovery SR-71 Blackbird "Space Shuttle" History Science STEM astronaut
- Uploaded
- 2017-08-01T18:00:00.000Z
- Type
- YouTube Videos
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- airandspace
- National Air and Space Museum
- YouTube Channel
- airandspace
- YouTube Category
- Education
- Topic
- Aeronautics;Flight;Space Sciences
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- yt_ILcsNwZohXI
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