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Goddard Rocket Launching Site

Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party.

United States of America (Europe and North America)

Date of Submission: 05/09/1990
Criteria: (vi)
Category: Cultural
Submission prepared by:
United States Department of the Interior Office of the Secretary, Washington D.C. 20240
Coordinates:
Massachusetts . Lat.42°12' N. ; Long. 71°50' W.
Ref.: 751

Description

Goddard Rocket Launching Site, Massachusetts. At this site, on March 16, 1926, Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched the World's first liquid propellant rocket, an event that set the course for future developments in rocketry.