Pasadena, California|Pasadena s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a control center for robotic space exploration, yes, but its origins are older than that. .
Sat Nov 13 2004 at 3:42:40
Pasadena sJetPropulsionLaboratory is a control center for robotic space exploration, yes, but its origins are older than that. It was started in
the 30 s as an informal testbed for Caltechrocketeers, but on November 20, 1943, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory was officially conceived to design a rocket that would compete with AxisGermany s V-2 Rocket.
Their first rocket, the Private A, flew December 1944, and achieved a range of 11 miles. Their next rocket, the WACCorporal made history when in 1949, one was launched from the nose of a V2 rocket, achieving an altitude of 244 miles, becoming the first United States rocket to enter outer space.