The start of American space travel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes_(missile_program) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-1_(missile)

Nazi GermanyV-2	Nazi GermanyPeenemünde	Nazi GermanyWehrmacht Wehrmacht	Suborbital	Missile test	 	Successful First man-made object to cross what would later be defined as the Kármán

line and hence first spaceflight. Vertical test, apogee: 176 kilometres (109 mi)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceflight_before_1951#1944