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Who launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926?
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Robert Goddard
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Robert Goddard launched the rocket from a farm in Auburn, Massachusetts. It used gasoline and liquid oxygen and flew for about 2.5 seconds. Its brief flight demonstrated that liquid propellants could power a rocket.
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