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Liquid-fuel rocket

Recorded year1926

Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-propellant rocket in Massachusetts.

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Ballistic rocketRecorded · 1944enables
Supersonic flightRecorded · 1947enables
First paying space touristRecorded · 2001requires
Suborbital tourist flightsRecorded · 2021requires

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.