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Early Rockets

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

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Dr. Goddard's 1926 rocket configuration. Dr. Goddard's liquid oxygen-gasoline rocket was fired on March 16, 1926, at Auburn, Massachusetts. 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. Goddard liquid-gasoline rocket

Institution: NASA Image and Video Library
Catalogue identifier: 9138033
Arkivism identifier: nasa-9138033
Date: 1926-03-16
Medium: photograph (digital archive)
Image dimensions: 957 × 1,280 px

Credit lineEarly Rockets. NASA/MSFC, 1926-03-16. Public domain. ID: 9138033.

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