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Robert Hutchings GoddardRobert Hutchings Goddard received a patent for a multi-stage rocket in 1914, another for a liquid-fueled rocket that same year, and launched his first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926. Although the U.S. Army never grasped the military application of his work, the Germans did and used his research as the basis for their V-2 rockets during World War II.
The Saturn RocketThe Saturn Rocket evolved from the idea of clustering a number of Jupiter engines around Redstone and Jupiter propellant tanks to build a large launch vehicle. The first Saturn rocket was used to lift an Apollo capsule into low orbit on October 27, 1961. A total of 32 Saturns were launched during the course of the program, without a single failure.
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