SIERRA COUNTY – Tuesday s rocket launch nearly didn t happen. The winds of March in southern New Mexico are often unfavorable, and by 9:30 a.m. strong gusts were blowing across the desert basin, tugging at masks and hats worn by Spaceport America personnel.
But it was a tiny rocket and the team wanted to celebrate.
Tuesday, coinciding with the 95th anniversary of Robert Godard launching the first liquid-fueled rocket, was the unveiling of a new piece of infrastructure for testing new liquid-fueled rocket engines.
Scott McLaughlin, the facility s new executive director, remarked, I hope this is the start of a better new year.
Spaceport America welcomes C6 Launch Systems with unveiling of new rocket test platform Algernon D Ammassa, Las Cruces Sun-News
SIERRA COUNTY – Tuesday s rocket launch nearly didn t happen. The winds of March in southern New Mexico are often unfavorable, and by 9:30 a.m. strong gusts were blowing across the desert basin, tugging at masks and hats worn by Spaceport America personnel.
But it was a tiny rocket and the team wanted to celebrate.
Tuesday, coinciding with the 95th anniversary of Robert Godard launching the first liquid-fueled rocket, was the unveiling of a new piece of infrastructure for testing new liquid-fueled rocket engines.
1860 George C Parker entered the world. Who was he? An American con man. Noted for repeatedly selling the Brooklyn Bridge, Grant’s Tomb and the Statue of Liberty. It is said that he sold the Brooklyn Bridge as often as twice a week, with the police having to stop the “new owners” from setting up toll booths on the bridge. He was convicted and sentenced to life at Sing Sing Prison where he died.
1926 The first liquid fuel rocket was launched, by Dr. Robert Goddard in Massachusetts, demonstrating the practicality of rockets. It covered a distance of 184 feet and attained a height of 41 feet during its 2.5-second flight.
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On March 16, 1827, Freedom s Journal, the first Black-owned and -operated newspaper in the United States, was published in New York.
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U.S. soldiers bring back the sand of the disembarkation beach at Iwo Jima, Japan, on March 19, 2016. On March 16, 1945, the Island was declared secure by U.S. forces in one of the major World War II conflicts in the Pacific. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo