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Rocketry pioneer Dr. Robert Goddard conducted the first rocket test flight at his Roswell, New Mexico laboratory #OTD in 1930. His liquid fuel rocket launched to a height of 610 m (2,000 ft).

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Dr. Robert H. Goddard, American Rocketry Pioneer

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The Roswell Museum has a wing dedicated to Goddard's workshop https://roswell-nm.gov/348/Robert-H-Goddard-Dreamer-Tinkerer-Pionee

Robert Hutchings Goddard: Dreamer, Tinkerer, Pioneer | Roswell, NM

Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) was a pioneer in American rocketry, becoming one of the first to experiment with liquid fuel propulsion.
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