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What did Robert Goddard successfully fly in 1926?

The first successful liquid-propellant rocket.

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  1. A liquid-propellant rocket ✔
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Why: Goddard's 1926 rocket burned liquid oxygen and gasoline. That successful flight helped establish liquid propulsion as a practical path for later rockets.

Huh, didn't know that: Goddard first experimented with solid propellants before focusing on liquids.

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Answer: A liquid-propellant rocket. Goddard's 1926 rocket burned liquid oxygen and gasoline. That successful flight helped establish liquid propulsion as a practical path for later rockets.

  1. Aerospace Dimensions Module 4, Rockets akwg.cap.gov/media/cms/Module_4__Rockets_6660F78F20B68_4ad77.pdf
    In 1926, Goddard achieved the first successful flight with a liquid-propellant rocket.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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