Replica of the first liquid-fuelled rocket from 1926. Marking the 100th anniversary of powered flight (1903), and commissioned by the American Institu
Replica of the first liquid-fuelled rocket from 1926. Marking the 100th anniversary of powered flight (1903), and commissioned by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), a team of engineers from Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Alabama, USA, built a replica of the first liquid-fuelled rocket. The original was designed and built by rocketry pioneer Robert H. Goddard in 1926. The Marshall design team stayed as close as possible to an authentic reconstruction. The same propellants were used (liquid oxygen and gasoline), and they tried to construct the replica using the original materials and design. Goddard's rocket reached an altitude of 12 metres in a flight lasting seconds. Here, the replica is firing in its A-frame launch stand in near-flight configuration at MSFC's Test Area 116 during the AIAA's 39th Joint Propulsion Conference on 23 July 2003.
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