United States rocket program
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The United States rocket program was the post–World War II effort that developed American missile and space-launch technology, drawing heavily on captured German expertise and hardware to lay the foundation for the Space Race and modern spaceflight.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | rocket development program ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
NACA
ⓘ
surface form:
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
NASA ⓘ
surface form:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Air Force
United States Army ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army
United States Navy ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Navy
|
| associatedWith | Operation Paperclip ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
Massive Retaliation strategy
ⓘ
surface form:
Cold War strategic deterrence
Space Race ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developed |
SM-65 Atlas
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlas rocket
Jupiter-C rocket ⓘ
surface form:
Jupiter rocket
Redstone rocket ⓘ Saturn I ⓘ
surface form:
Saturn I rocket
Saturn IB ⓘ
surface form:
Saturn IB rocket
Saturn V ⓘ
surface form:
Saturn V rocket
Thor rocket ⓘ Titan rocket family ⓘ ballistic missiles ⓘ sounding rockets ⓘ space-launch vehicles ⓘ |
| developedFor |
military applications
ⓘ
nuclear warhead delivery ⓘ space exploration ⓘ |
| employed |
German rocket engineers
ⓘ
Wernher von Braun ⓘ |
| enabled |
launch of Apollo missions
ⓘ
launch of Explorer 1 ⓘ launch of Gemini missions ⓘ launch of Mercury missions ⓘ |
| foundationFor |
U.S. commercial launch industry
ⓘ
modern American spaceflight ⓘ |
| influencedBy | German rocket program ⓘ |
| keyFacility |
Cape Canaveral
ⓘ
Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ Marshall Space Flight Center ⓘ Redstone Arsenal, Alabama ⓘ
surface form:
Redstone Arsenal
White Sands Missile Range ⓘ
surface form:
White Sands Proving Ground
|
| ledTo |
United States space-launch capability
ⓘ
crewed spaceflight capability ⓘ uncrewed scientific missions ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
United States civil space program
ⓘ
surface form:
United States space program
intercontinental ballistic missile development ⓘ |
| startPeriod | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1950s
ⓘ
1960s ⓘ late 1940s ⓘ |
| usedCapturedTechnologyFrom |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
V-2 rocket ⓘ |
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