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On a snowy March 16, 1926, Dr. Robert H. Goddard rests his hand on the testing frame supporting his liquid fuel rocket at Ward Farm in Auburn, Massachusetts. A wooden door is propped up at an angle next to the frame where Goddard’s assistant, Henry Sachs, later sheltered after lighting the rocket.

Celebrating 100 Years Since Goddard’s Breakthrough Moment in Modern Rocketry

Dr. Robert H. Goddard and a liquid oxygen-gasoline rocket in the frame from which it was fired on March 16, 1926, at Auburn, Mass.

Image Credit: Esther Goddard, from the Clark University archive

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TakenMarch 16, 1926
Image CreditEsther Goddard, from the Clark University archive
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