OTD In Space - July 24: First Launch From Cape Canaveral - video Dailymotion

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On July 24, 1950, the very first rocket to ever launch from Cape Canaveral blasted off into space.   The Bumper 2 was an experimental, two-stage rocket that could fly as high as 250 miles above the Earth. It was a V-2 missile base topped with a WAC Corporal rocket and launched under the direction of the General Electric Company. The mission's purpose was to test new rocket technologies and collect data about Earth's upper atmosphere.

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00:00On this day in space. In 1950, the very first rocket to ever launch from Cape

00:06Canaveral blasted off into space. The Bumper 2 was an experimental two-stage

00:11rocket that could fly as high as 250 miles above the Earth. It was topped with

00:15a V-2 missile base with a WAC Corporal rocket. It launched under the direction

00:19of the General Electric Company. At the time, NASA was not yet established. The

00:24mission's purpose was to test new rocket technologies and collect data about

00:27Earth's upper atmosphere. And that's what happened on this day in space.

OTD In Space - July 24: First Launch From Cape Canaveral

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