Goddard’s liquid-fuel rocket
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- experiment
- a planned test of an idea
- invent
- create a new tool, process, or idea
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- information that helps support or question a claim
Robert Goddard launched a liquid-fuel rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts. Its short flight helped open a new path in rocket research. Many tests and failures had come before this success.
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Follow-up: Sacco and Vanzetti are executed
Sacco and Vanzetti were executed after their controversial convictions. People in many countries protested. The case continued to raise questions about prejudice, evidence, and fairness in courts.
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