Launching of the First Liquid-Fueled Rocket
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions, Aviation, Space Exploration
- Subcategories: Physics, Physicists, Engineering, Engineers, Astronomy, Astronomers, Cosmology
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: Massachusetts, New England
- Date: March 16, 1926
Article abstract: Development of a liquid propellant makes rocketry and space exploration possible.
Summary of Event
On a cold winter day in March, 1926, three men and a woman in heavy coats gathered around a small launching stand built of pipes, which had been set up in the snow in a field near Auburn, Massachusetts. Held in place on the stand, which resembled a large metal ladder, was a ten-foot-long rocket. It consisted of a two-foot-long motor at the front, connected by long, slender tubes to two tanks in the rear that contained gasoline and liquid...
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