Project Rockoon

The word Rockoon is derived from the English words "rocket" (rocket) and "balloon" (balloon). In the course of this project were delivered to the experiments for launching rockets from balloons in the upper atmosphere that allowed them to achieve higher points than when launched from land. The first experiments took place on 1 March 1949.

This technology is now adopted as a principle of delivery of cargo to space ships.

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