Modern space travel began exactly 100 years ago with a ten-foot tall rocket
The era of modern rocketry launched in 1926 when Robert Goddard successfully flew the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, forever changing how humanity reaches for the stars.
On March 16, 1926, professor Robert Goddard launched a ten-foot tall projectile nicknamed Nell from a snowy field in Massachusetts. While it only reached an altitude of 41 feet during its brief 2.5-second flight, this modest event proved that liquid propulsion could power travel through the vacuum of space.
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