This Month In the History of Information Technologies

This Month In the History of Information Technologies

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Today in 1926, Robert Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket.

Goddard and his rocket

Goddard and his team launched 34 rockets between 1926 and 1941, achieving altitudes as high as 2.6 kilometers (1.6 miles) and speeds as high as 885 km/h (550 mph). Six years earlier, an editorial in The New York Times scoffed at Goddard’s assertion that i…

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