Tuesday, Aug 18, 2020, 1:27 pm

By:Tony Williams

#1 Rocket Will Never Earth's Atmosphere

In 1936 the New York Times said, "a rocket will never be able to leave the Earth's atmosphere." It only took ten years to prove them wrong when on March 22, 1946, America launched their first rocket from the White Sands Proving Grounds, achieving 50 miles of altitude. Prior to that, in 1945, Germany launched their first rocket, a V-2 rocket, that crashed.