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A V-2 Rocket Launch. This particular rocket was launched to study the upper atmosphere and carried instrumentation to study the velocity of sound and to measure the temperature at high altitudes. In: "Weatherwise", Volume I, no. 3 , June 1948. P. 52.

Image ID: spac0306, NOAA In Space Collection
Location: White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico
Photo Date: 1948 April 02


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