July 1931 - Launch Site: Kummersdorf. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: V-2. LV Configuration: Mirak II. -
 Dornberger put in charge of Kummersdorf. Nation: Germany. The German Army Ordnance Office formalized its rocket develoment program by placing Captain-Doctor Walter Dornberger in charge of Research Station West at Kummersdorf. References: 17, 693.
August 1932 - Launch Site: Kummersdorf. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Mirak. - Nebel demonstrates VfR liquid rocket to the German Army. Nation: Germany. Apogee: 0.0700 km (0.0435 mi). Nebel contacted the German Army and proposed the use of liquid fuel rockets as war missiles. He arranged for Army representatives to observe a demonstration launch at Kummersdorf. Riedel and Von Braun prepare the rocket, which was 3.5 m long and 10 cm in diameter, had a gross lift-off mass of 20 kg, an empty mass of 10 kg, and a thrust of 60 kgf. The new design featured the engine forward of the stack, followed by the liquid oxygen tank, then the alcohol tank, then the manometers and other elements of propellant pressurisation. The new-design engine was developed by Walter Riedel and Arthur Rudolph at the Heylandt Company. The rocket reached an altitude of 20 to 70 m before veering horizontally into a forest. An exhaust velocity of 2000 m/s was expected, but only 1700 m/s was demonstrated.. The Army is seemingly unimpressed. However a month later they hire Von Braun, who drops out of sight.
References: 47.
1932 September - -
 Goddard continues rocket research in Worcester Nation: USA. A grant from the Smithsonian Institution enabled Dr. Goddard, who resumed full-time teaching at Clark University, Massachusetts, to carry out tests that did not require flights. References: 482.
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