1933 April - Launch Site: Cuxhaven. Launch Complex: -. Launch Pad: -. Launch Vehicle: Zucker Rocket. -
 Zucker rocket launched at Cuxhaven Nation: Germany. Apogee: 0.0150 km (0.0093 mi). Zucker's amazing 'operational rocket'. was supposedly a recoverable cruise missile, 5 m long, with a thrust of 360 kg and a takeoff mass of 200 kg. In actuality the missile was only an enormous hull equipped with eight powder rockets. Zucker showed up in Cuxhaven on the German North Sea coast in the winter of 1933, ready for a long-range demonstration (15 km, from the coast to Neuhaven Island). After being stuck in a ditch while being taken out to the field for a February launch attempt, the great day finally came in April 1933. A huge crowd of local folk and officials gathered to witness the event. After staggering 15 m into the air, the torpedo came crashing down.
References: 2.
1933 May 14 - Launch Vehicle: ARS. -
 AIS rocket first test. Nation: USA. Apogee: 0.0800 km (0.0497 mi). American Interplanetary Society Rocket No. 2 successfully fired at Marine Park, Staten Island, New York. It reached an altitude of 80 m in two seconds before the liquid oxygen tank burst. References: 17.
1933 June 1 - - Goddard develops ramjet engine fuel pump. Nation: USA. Robert H. Goddard developed component of modern ramjet engine with construction of a rocket fuel pump at Clark University. References: 17.
1933 June 9 - Launch Vehicle: Magdeburg. - Magdeburg launch attempt Nation: Germany. First attempt to launch the subscale prototype of the Magdeburg Pilot Rocket. A launch stand 9 m tall is erected in the countryside near Magdeburg. However the rocket develops insufficient thrust to clear the tower. Other attempts on 10 and 11 June are also unsuccessful, due to leaky valves and other quality problems. The rocket is returned to the shop for rework.
References: 47.
1933 June 29 - Launch Vehicle: Magdeburg. - Magdeburg launch Nation: Germany. Apogee: 0.0100 km (0.0062 mi). The 200 kgf prototype rocket is finally launched. However it catches on one of the rails in the launch tower and is flung horizontally as it clears the tower. It flies 300 m horizontally over the pastures, then slides along the ground for 10 m more. It is relatively intact, but the Magdeburg city officials are not interested in funding further attempts. Nebel receives only 3200 Marks for his work.
References: 47.
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