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Robert Goddard's liquid-fuled rocket rose 12 m into the air.
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In theh same year NASA was founded, Exxplorer 1 was launched. It orbited Earth 58,000 times before burning up in Earth's atmosphere in 1970.
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Traveled to Venus and collected data for 3 months. the craft now orbits the sun.
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After flying past Jupiter, pioneer 10 is still traveling onward, someday to exit the solar system.