The First Rocket with More than One Stage Is Created
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science, Aviation, Space Exploration
- Subcategories: Scientists, Engineering, Engineers, Astronomy, Astronomers, Cosmology
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: New Mexico
- Date: February 24, 1949
Article abstract: In Project Bumper, the WAC Corporal, with a V-2 rocket boost, was the first successful, liquid-fuel rocket with more than one stage.
Summary of Event
The “Ordnance Guided Missile and Rocket Programs—HERMES” investigated nearly every aspect of rocketry, including missile structures, transonic and supersonic aerodynamics and ramjet engines, missile guidance and control, ground launch equipment and handling, instrumentation, fuels and propellants, and rocket engines. Three categories were defined in the HERMES program: the A3 missile...
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