On March 16, 1926 Robert Goddard became the first person to succesfully launch a liquid-fueled rocket. It was fueled with Liquid Oxygen and Gasoline. It flew to 41 feet and crashed. The flight lasted 2.5 seconds. He was often ridiculed for his theories about space travel. Because people rejected his work, he moved to Roswell, New Mexico where he could work in secret. His record altitude for his rocket was the one he launched on March 26, 1937 which flew to 8000 - 9000ft and lasted 22.3 seconds. Unfortunately he died August 10, 1945- only 24 years before man set foot on the moon.
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