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Hermann Oberth and His Liquid-Fuel Rocket Engine

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Hermann Oberth (center, in profile) demonstrated a liquid-fuel rocket engine in Berlin in 1930. Second from the right is Wernher von Braun.

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Hermann Oberth (center, in profile) demonstrated his tiny liquid-fuel rocket engine in Berlin in 1930. Second from the right is 18-year-old student Wernher von Braun.

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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution

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NASM 2003-3754
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1930
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