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Goddard’s spaceflight ambition takes shape
Category: Spacecraft and Technology Development, type: Technology demonstration
Robert Goddard later associated a childhood experience in a cherry tree with his interest in spaceflight.
Goddard launches a liquid-fueled rocket
Category: Spacecraft and Technology Development, type: Technology demonstration
Robert Goddard flew his first successful liquid-propellant rocket.
Bumper rocket reaches high altitude
Category: Spacecraft and Technology Development, type: Technology demonstration
A two-stage Bumper rocket reached approximately 393 kilometers in a high-altitude test.
Ingenuity makes its first flight on Mars
Category: Spacecraft and Technology Development, type: Technology demonstration
Mission: Ingenuity
Ingenuity achieved powered, controlled flight in the atmosphere of another planet.