First Rocket Launch - Auburn MA
Posted by: nomadwillie
N 42° 13.097 W 071° 48.719
19T E 267906 N 4677840
First liquid fuelled rocket launched.
Waymark Code: WMP3E5
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/23/2015
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The earliest launch of a liquid-fuelled rocket (patented 14 Jul 1914) was by Dr Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) of the USA, at Auburn, Massachusetts, USA on 16 Mar 1926, when his rocket reached an altitude of 12.5m 41ft and travelled a distance of 56m 184ft.
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This is located at the Pakachoag Golf Course in Auburn, MA. There is a wall with trees and bushes to the right of the club house. This splits two fairways from one another. Follow the wall to the end and you will see the marker. It stands about 3 feet tall.