UNIVERSE
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Question
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Dr. James Van Allen
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Dr. Robert Goddard
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Dr. Wernher Von Brauun
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -American rocketry pioneer Robert H. Goddard and his first liquid-fueled rocket, March 16, 1926. Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) is considered the father of modern rocket propulsion.
Detailed explanation-2: -On March 16, 1926, Robert Goddard successfully launched the first liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Mass.
Detailed explanation-3: -A U.S. professor of physics and scientist, Robert Goddard was a pioneer of controlled, liquid-fueled rocketry. He launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926.
Detailed explanation-4: -Goddard began experimenting with liquid-fueled rocket engines in September 1921, using gasoline as fuel and liquid oxygen as an oxidizer, successfully testing the first one a little more than two years later.
Detailed explanation-5: -Goddard (1882-1945) launched the world’s first liquid-propellant rocket. His rickety contraption, with its combustion chamber and nozzle on top, burned for 20 seconds before consuming enough liquid oxygen and gasoline to lift itself off the launch rack.