1920 July 19 - -
 Goddard contract from the US Navy Nation: USA. Goddard accepts contract from US Navy for US$ 100 per month. On weekends, holidays, and vacations, when not working at Clark University, Goddard travels to Dahlgren, Virginia to test his military solid fuel rockets. References: 377.
1920 August 19 - - Final test of Goddard cartridge rocket at Aunt Effie's Farm, Massachusetts. Nation: USA. Apogee: 0.0180 km (0.0112 mi). Final test of cartridge rocket (a series of smokeless power cartridges, automatically loaded into a gun barrel and fired in sequence to produce thrust). Four of the five cartridges fire, but the fifth jams. The rocket only achieves 60 feet, the highest altitude to date.
References: 377.
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