Pioneering Moments

Goddard’s flight of August 26, 1937, at Roswell

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This Goddard rocket had gimbaled steering (swiveling the rocket nozzle rather than using vanes in the exhaust) and catapult launching.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) via National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution

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SI 94-12969
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1937
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