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ON THIS DAY IN UNITED STATES HISTORY
March 16, 1926
Robert Goddard Launches the Worlds First
Liquid Fueled Rocket
On this day in 1926, Robert Goddard launched the worlds first liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts.
Although sometimes ridiculed for his theories during his lifetime, Goddard is now known as one of the fathers of
modern rocketry.
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