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Early Rockets
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Early Rockets

NASA / MSFC · 1926-03-16 · photograph (digital archive)

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Dr. Robert H. Goddard and liquid oxygen-gasoline rocket in the frame from which it was fired on March 16, 1926, at Auburn, Mass. It flew for only 2.5 seconds, climbed 41 feet, and landed 184 feet away in a cabbage patch. From 1930 to 1941, Dr.

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Robert H. GoddardLiquid oxygen-gasoline rocket
Credit lineEarly Rockets. NASA/MSFC, 1926-03-16. Public domain. ID: 9132833.
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