A century after the first rocket launch, Ars staffers pick their favorites
Corroborated by 2 sources from 2 publishers
TL;DR
Reports differ across sources; according to theconversation.com, apollo 11 first landed astronauts on the Moon in 1969, but the journey to the lunar surface actually began 43 years before, in snowy Massachusetts.
Sources
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Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/a-century-after-the-first-rocket-launch-ars-staffers-pick-their-favorites
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Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/a-century-after-the-first-rocket-launch-ars-staffers-pick-their-favorites
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The Conversation Africa
https://theconversation.com/the-first-modern-rocket-launched-100-years-ago-beginning-a-century-of-both-innovations-and-challenges-for-spaceflight-269061
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Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/100-years-later-where-is-robert-goddards-first-liquid-fuel-rocket