the rocket was actually launched in either China or Russia
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∙ 11y agoThe name of the rocket that launched the first people on the moon was a Saturn V, on mission Apollo 11.
The first manned rocket was launched in 1961
in 1962 John Glenn rode Mercury six and lasted 5hrs
The first successful US satellite was Explorer I, launched on January 31, 1958, four months after the USSR's Sputnik I and 3 months after Sputnik 2.
The first "rocket" successfully launched into space was actually a V-2 missile. The first rocket-ship that was successfully launched into space used rocket engines. A rocket engine pushes the rocket forward by expelling its exhaust in the opposite direction at a high speed.
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The Explorer but it wasnt a rocket, it was a satellite
The name of the rocket that launched the first people on the moon was a Saturn V, on mission Apollo 11.
Explorer 1
The first modern rocket to be successfully launched was in 1926, created by Robert H. Goddard the father of modern rocketry, and named Nell.
The first rocket launched as an attack was the V1 rocket, nicknamed "doodlebug
the first rocket (the V2) was launched in 1942.
The first manned rocket was launched in 1961
in 1962 John Glenn rode Mercury six and lasted 5hrs
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The first successful US satellite was Explorer I, launched on January 31, 1958, four months after the USSR's Sputnik I and 3 months after Sputnik 2.
The smallest rocket launched to date is the Pegasus. The original Pegasus was first launched in 1990 from an aircraft jet.