A Century in Orbit: From Goddard’s 1926 Rocket to Private Spaceflight
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100 years after Robert Goddard’s first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926, this piece traces a century of spaceflight—from early rockets and Sputnik to Apollo and the Space Shuttle—and the rise of private companies like SpaceX; it notes Artemis delays and China’s Moon plans as leadership shifts from government programs to a growing private sector, bringing both breakthroughs and ongoing challenges for the future of space exploration.
- The first modern rocket launched 100 years ago, beginning a century of both innovations and challenges for spaceflight The Conversation
- Spaceflight Started 100 Years Ago in a Massachusetts Cabbage Patch The New York Times
- Opinion | A Centenary for Rocket Science WSJ
- From Cabbages to Countdowns: NASA Marks 100 Years of Modern Rocketry NASA (.gov)
- How Robert Goddard’s Self-Reliance Crashed His Rocket Dreams IEEE Spectrum
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