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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.
US Mission Geneva. NASA Remembers First U.S. Manned Space Flight. On May 5, 1961, mercury astronaut, Alan B. Shepard , Jr. became the first American launched into space at 9:34a.m. EST aboard the Freedom 7 capsule. Washington â Americaâs national space agency is marking the 50th anniversary of the United Statesâ entry into manned space flight May 5.