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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf rocket development program
administeredBy National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
linked to: NACA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
linked to: NASA

U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army
linked to: United States Army

U.S. Navy
linked to: United States Navy
associatedWith Operation Paperclip
contributedTo Cold War strategic deterrence
Space Race
country United States
developed Atlas rocket
linked to: SM-65 Atlas

Jupiter rocket
linked to: Jupiter-C rocket

Redstone rocket
Saturn I rocket
linked to: Saturn I

Saturn IB rocket
linked to: Saturn IB

Saturn V rocket
linked to: Saturn V

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
White Sands Proving Ground
ledTo United States space-launch capability
crewed spaceflight capability
uncrewed scientific missions
relatedTo 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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V-2 rocket postwarInfluenceOn United States rocket program
Vergeltungswaffe 2 postwarInfluenceOn United States rocket program
Operation Paperclip influenced United States space program
linked to: United States rocket program