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Friends and family of the development team watched a prototype named Goddard—after Robert Goddard, father of modern rocketry—rise 285 feet (87 meters) into the air and touch down 30 seconds later.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
Will there be technological integration with artificial intelligence playing a bigger role now in rocketry R&D?
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 26 Mar. 2026
Looking ahead, several frontiers remain for chemical rocketry.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2026
The United States government did not invest heavily in rocketry throughout most of the 1950s.
—Michael Carrafiello, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May 2026
Will there be technological integration with artificial intelligence playing a bigger role now in rocketry R&D?
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 26 Mar. 2026
Looking ahead, several frontiers remain for chemical rocketry.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2026
The United States government did not invest heavily in rocketry throughout most of the 1950s.
—Michael Carrafiello, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Rocketry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rocketry. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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rocketry
noun
rock·et·ry
ˈräk-ə-trē 
: the study of, experimenting with, or use of rockets
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