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The Roswell Museum in Roswell, NM has a great display of Goddard's work. Including his entire shop. And many videos of rocket history. On This Date, March 28, 1935: Near Roswell, N.M., Robert H. Goddard successfully launched the first gyroscopically stabilized liquid-fueled rocket. In a 20-second flight, the A Series rocket, number A-5, reached an altitude of 4,800 feet and traveled 13,000 feet down range. Its speed was 550 miles per hour. During the flight, the rocket corrected its flight path several times. The A-series rockets were of varying lengths and mass. The representative A-series rocket displayed at the National Air and Space Museum is 15 feet, four inches long with a diameter of nine inches. The span across the fins is one foot, nine inches. It weighs 78.5 pounds. The rocket was fueled with gasoline and liquid oxygen, pressurized with nitrogen. A gyroscope-controlled vanes placed in the engine’s exhaust, provided stabilization during powered flight.For more military and aviation milestones, visit https://bit.ly/on-this-date-march-25-31