La Coupole d'Helfaut-Wizernes - Helfaut, France
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
N 50° 42.310 E 002° 14.601
31U E 446570 N 5617312
[EN] It was from La Coupole that the rocket V2, the ancestor of all modern rockets, was to take off. [FR] C'est depuis La Coupole que devait décoller la fusée V2, ancêtre de toutes les fusées modernes.
Waymark Code: WMVZGK
Location: Hauts-de-France, France
Date Posted: 06/16/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member csm014
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The history of the space conquest begins here.

From the Nazi madness to the hidden face of the space conquest, through the dark years of the Occupation, La Coupole offers an immersion in the past and a fresh look at the present

All the major civilian and military programs launched in the astronautical field during the Cold War period used the technical foundations laid down by Von Braun and his team from 1936 to 1945.

In fact, all military ballistic missiles and space launchers of the 1950s and 1960s are the direct descendants of V2, the true foundation of the history of space conquest.

In the aftermath of the Second World War, there was a considerable transfer of technology: the winners - Americans, Soviets, French and, to a lesser extent, Britain - recovered Peenemünde's legacy. The history of space conquest is underway.

Sources : La Coupole

L'histoire de la conquète spatiale commence ici.

De la folie nazie à la face cachée de la conquête spatiale, en passant par les années noires de l’Occupation, La Coupole offre une immersion dans le passé et un regard neuf sur le présent

Tous les grands programmes, civils et militaires, lancés dans le domaine astronautique pendant la période de la guerre froide, ont utilisé les fondements techniques posés par Von Braun et son équipe de 1936 à 1945.

De fait, tous les missiles balistiques militaires et tous les lanceurs spatiaux des années 1950 et 1960 sont les descendants directs du V2, véritable fondement de l'histoire de la conquête spatiale.

Au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, se produit un transfert de technologie considérable : les vainqueurs – Américains, Soviétiques, Français et, dans une moindre mesure, Britanniques – récupèrent l’héritage de Peenemünde. L'histoire de la conquête spatiale est en marche.

Sources : La Coupole

Hours:
La Coupole is open daily from 9 am to 6 pm throughout the year and from 10 am to 7 pm in July and August. La Coupole est ouverte tous les jours sans interruption de 9h00 à 18h00 toute l'année et de 10h00 à 19h00 en juillet et en août.


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How Long a Hike: 1200

Amount of time an average person would spend here: Up to 2 hours

Accessible?: yes

Location is wheelchair accessible?: Yes

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