Labels:text | screenshot | rocket | missile OCR: THE V2 ROCKET IN 1944, TOWARD THE END of World War II, a powerful new weapon was used by the Germans to attack Paris, DEVELOPING London, and Antwerp - the V2 rocket. Developed THE V2 by Wernher von Braun's team at Peenemünde in Germany, the rocket was able to carry a warhead Liquid-fuel tank weighing 1,000 kg (2,200 lb), a distance of 320 km (200 miles). The maximum height it attained was 160 km (100 miles), making the V2 Guidance the first rocket to reach space. system V2'S EXTERIOR Liquid-oxygen tank Nozzle Pumps V2'S INTERIOR and turbines A NEW ERA The V2 rocket symbolized the beginning of the age of the space rocket. FROM MISSILES TO SPACE ROCKETS
