V2A9 - The V-2 (Vergeltungswaffe 2), technical name Aggregat 4 (A4), was the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile. Developed during the Second World War by Germany as a "vengeance weapon". The V-2 rocket also became the first artificial object to travel into space by crossing the Kármán line with the vertical launch of MW 18014 on 20 June 1944.