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English: On February 24, 1949 a high altitude test vehicle called Bumper WAC launched from White Sands Proving Ground. It reached a record altitude of two hundred and fifty miles- the "first recorded man-made object to reach extraterrestrial space." This record held until 1957. Its first stage was a V-2 (German A-4)rocket, the warhead replaced by a launching compartment. After the V-2 shut down, there was a high altitude "bump," which provided the name for the rocket. The photo shows the second stage, a modified WAC Corporal sounding rocket, mounted in the nose cone. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory was responsible for design study, development, and testing of the Bumper WAC in cooperation with General Electric and Douglas Aircraft, for the Army Ordnance Department. Bumper WAC was the world's first large two-stage liquid propellant rocket.
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This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Greyscale, levels, cleaned worst blemishes. The original can be viewed here: Bumper WAC - GPN-2003-00062.jpg: . Modifications made by Hohum.

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current21:34, 10 July 2009Thumbnail for version as of 21:34, 10 July 2009755 × 1,257 (521 KB)Hohum (talk | contribs)Greyscale, levels, cleaned worst blemishes
14:39, 13 November 2007Thumbnail for version as of 14:39, 13 November 2007755 × 1,257 (1.11 MB)Joe vom Titan~commonswiki (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 15:25, 20 March 2005
15:25, 20 March 2005Thumbnail for version as of 15:25, 20 March 2005755 × 1,257 (1.11 MB)GDK (talk | contribs)Bumper

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