A Piece of Rocketry History
Posted in Astronomy, History at 20:00 on 5 October 2018
What a piece of nostalgia this is. This is a what a space rocket ought to look like – and in all those 1950s SF story illustrations always did. (It’s a pity it’s based on a V-2, though.)
From Astronomy Picture of the Day for 1/10/2018, the first ever rocket launch from Cape Canaveral.

Tags: APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Cape Canaveral, History, Rocketry
