Question: The first rocket ever launched from Cape Canaveral lifted off on July 24, 1950. What was it called?
Answer: Bumper 8.
At 9:28 a.m. on July 24, 1950, Bumper 8 lifted off from Launch Complex 3 at what was then the Army’s Long Range Proving Ground. The two-stage rocket paired a captured German V-2 with an American WAC Corporal on top.
The flight lasted about two minutes, climbing roughly 10 miles and traveling 200 miles downrange.
