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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.
In the span of a few short decades this led to the German V-2 rockets and NASAâs Saturn V liquid-fuelled rockets which landed the first humans on the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, in 1969. Answered by science journalist Dr Ken Kremer. Tags: chinese gunpowder, first rocket, robert goddard