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1 day ago · Robert Hutchings Goddard (October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945) [1] was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, which was successfully launched on March 16, 1926. [2] By 1915 his pioneering work had dramatically improved the efficiency of the ...
6 days ago · The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in preparing and landing the first men [2] on the Moon from 1968 to 1972.
5 days ago · Credit: M. Pédoussaut/ESA. Europe is poised to regain independent access to space next week, when the long-awaited Ariane 6 rocket performs its inaugural flight from Kourou, French Guiana. The ...
5 days ago · As a young man, von Braun worked in Nazi Germany's rocket development program. He helped design and co-developed the V-2 rocket at Peenemünde during World War II. The V-2 became the first artificial object to travel into space on 20 June 1944.
3 days ago · Rocket, any of a type of jet-propulsion device carrying either solid or liquid propellants that provide both the fuel and oxidizer required for combustion. The term is commonly applied to any of various vehicles, including firework skyrockets, guided missiles, and launch vehicles used in spaceflight.
Jun 14, 2024 · Space exploration - Rockets, Technology, History: It was space exploration that motivated the members of the German VfR to build their rockets, but in the early 1930s their work came to the attention of the German military.
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5 days ago · NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) is a super heavy-lift rocket that provides the foundation for human exploration beyond Earth orbit. With its unprecedented capabilities, SLS is the only rocket that can send the Orion spacecraft, four astronauts, and large cargo directly to the Moon on a single mission.
