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Megaroc Spacecraft - How the UK Almost Won the Space Race

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March 26, 2019

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The Space Race was almost a three-way race in the late 1940s when British designers created Megaroc from the earlier German V-2, the first craft capable of carrying a man into space. Find out the full story of how Britain almost won the Space Race and why the Megaroc rocket never left the ground.

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