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First Flight of a Liquid Propellant Rocket
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Dr. Robert H. Goddard and a liquid oxygen-gasoline rocket in the frame from which it was fired on March 16, 1926, at Auburn, Massachusetts. From 1930 to 1941, Dr. Goddard made substantial progress in the development of progressively larger rockets, which attained altitudes of 2400 meters, and refined his equipment for guidance and control, his techniques of welding, and his insulation, pumps and other associated equipment. In many respects, Dr.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineFirst Flight of a Liquid Propellant Rocket. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e002224.
