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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.
75 CONNECT 82 TWEET 4 LINKEDIN 5 COMMENT EMAIL MORE. CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. â NASA successfully launched a sounding rocket Wednesday evening from its Wallops Flight Facility, the first launch from the site since an Antares rocket exploded shortly after liftoff Oct. 28, 2014.