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Launch of the B4-1V01 steam rocket

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Launch of the B4-1 V01 steam rocket at the Klietz army base in Rathenau, Germany. The 'boosters' attached to the side are dummies that do not produce thrust, but instead accommodate the electronics and the recovery system.

Credit: Aerospace Institute/TU Berlin.