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A key advance was the invention of the first liquid-fuelled rocket in 1926 by the American Robert Goddard in Auburn, Massachusetts. Goddard is considered to be one of the fathers of the modern rocket era.
Cosmonaut Gherman Titov was the 3rd person to go into space on  August 6, 1961. Vostok 2   was the first day-long Soviet space flight.     American Astronaut Jo â¦ hn Glenn was the third person and first  American to go into space on   February 20, 1961. He was beaten by Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov  of the Soviet Union.