In 1926, a 10-foot rocket rose just 41 feet from a Massachusetts farm; 35 years later, NASA put its creator’s name in space

Source: The Times of India· TOI Science Desk· August 25, 2026
In 1926, a 10-foot rocket rose just 41 feet from a Massachusetts farm; 35 years later, NASA put its creator’s name in space

Science News: On March 16, 1926, on a snowy farm in Auburn, Massachusetts, physicist Robert H. Goddard set up a slim, 10-foot rocket he had nicknamed Nell on a laun.

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