The Bumper 5 was a two-stage rocket that combined the V-2 rocket with a WAC Corporal sounding rocket. While the V-2 achieved its thrust by burning a mixture of liquid oxygen and alcohol at a rapid ...

Malina invented jet-assisted takeoff (JATO) and the WAC Corporal, the first sounding rocket developed in the United States. He also co-founded JPL and Aerojet. Do you think his accomplishments ...

a German V-2 rocket mated with a U.S. WAC Corporal rocket. The sandbag-protected blockhouse featured a periscope-like window with reflective mirrors so technicians could see the pad. When is the ...