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July 24, 2003
This image symbolizes the progress in liquid rocketry that was made
in the first 40 years from 1926 to 1966. The Goddard rocket in the
foreground generated approximately 15 pounds of thrust, while the
S-1C test stand behind it was designed to test 1.6 million-pound
thrust engines.