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Description
Weather Service Bulletin No. 2, 1950. P. 6. V-2 rocket being launched atWhite Sands Proving Ground. Besides weapons related research,a number of these rockets were used for meteorological research and earlyEarth photography from high altitude.
Credit
Headquarters Air Weather Service; Courtesy of the family of Nels Johnson, United States Weather Bureau (dec.)
Display Date
1950 ca.
Location
New Mexico, White Sands
Collection
Weather Service