1.7M views · 1K reactions | We're at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on the launch pad in preparation for an afternoon launch of the first manned space mission from U.S. soil since the space shuttle program was retired nearly a decade ago. https://abcn.ws/3enemVD | ABC News Live | Facebook

4.8K views · 56 reactions | In 1942 the Nazis launch a V2 rocket successfully for the first time. More people died manufacturing the V-2 than were killed by its deployment (slave labor). In 1944 the V2 became the first artificial object to travel into space.  Klaas Meijer | NextGen PHDefense | Facebook

🚀🙊 On Sept. 16, 1949, the U.S. launched a V-2 #rocket with a monkey named Albert III on board. Discover more space history 👉 https://trib.al/nInS4oA Albert III was the third monkey the U.S. attempted to launch to space. He was also the third one to be killed on the job. NASA started launching monkeys into space in the 1940s to try to see what might happen to humans in space. This #testing started more than a decade before any humans were launched up there. The monkeys were all given anestheti