The WAC Corporal was the first sounding rocket developed in the United States and the first vehicle to achieve hypersonic speeds. [1]

This is the WAC-Corporal liquid-fuel sounding rocket, the U.S.'s first successful sounding rocket. Developed from 1944 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, it could lift 25 pounds of instruments to …

May 12, 2023 · Crews launched 25 more WAC Corporals through June 1947, achieving many successes including one that reached an altitude of 50 miles, the first American rocket to …

One minute after blast-off, at an altitude of 20 mi (32 km) and a speed of just under 1 mi (1.6 km) per second, the WAC Corporal detached from the V-2 first stage and fired its own engine.

The WAC A, also called the WAC-Corporal, was developed as the 'little sister' of the Corporal military rocket by the California Institute of Technology GALCIT group. The propellants were …

Aug 9, 2023 · The WAC Corporal was a high-altitude test rocket used by the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1950. It represents the state of U.S. rocketry around the time that the V-2 was operational.

The WAC or WAC Corporal was the first sounding rocket developed in the United States. [1] Begun as a spinoff of the Corporal program, the WAC was a "little sister" to the larger …

Dec 12, 2015 · Known as the embryo of the Army missile programs the CORPORAL was a surface-to-surface guided missile which could deliver either a nuclear or high-explosive …

Mar 4, 2021 · 22 March marks the 75th anniversary of the first American rocket to escape Earth’s atmosphere, the JPL-Ordnance WAC! WAC (Without Attitude Control) Corporal, also known …

The WAC Corporal was a small liquid-propellant sounding rocket developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the United States Army. It was the first true sounding rocket because it was built …