Robert Goddard Rocket Launch Centennial Celebration Announced
“Eventually on March 16th, 100 years ago, it was humanity’s first baby steps off the planet.”
By-Hank Stolz
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WORCESTER, MA– Charles Slatkin joined Hank on the Talk of the Commonwealth to provide an update on the upcoming centennial celebration of Dr. Robert Goddard’s first liquid-fueled rocket launch. “He had a lot of trial and error, a lot of failures, a lot, a lot of bad experiments, but he failed up. And eventually on March 16th, 100 years ago, it was humanity’s first baby steps off the planet.” He detailed the extensive, week-long series of events planned for March 16-22, 2026, in Worcester and Auburn, Massachusetts.
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