The WAC-Corporal liquid-fuel sounding rocket was the first successful sounding rocket built by the United States. Developed from 1944 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, it could lift 25 pounds of instruments to 20 miles. The motor used nitric acid and aniline to produced 1,500 pounds of thrust. Created by Eric Long Date Created 01/02/2014 Source Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Keywords Cold War; Rockets; Science; Space Rights and Restrictions CC0
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