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Test vehicle. Country: USA. Status: Retired.

The US Navy's R. C. Truax, at Annapolis, Md., developed a number of pioneering early rockets.

Manufacturer: Truax.

Truax Chronology

1937 December 1 - Truax first rocket test. Initial rocket thrust chamber tests by R. C. Truax at Annapolis, Md., using compressed air and gasoline as fuels.

Bibliography:

Emme, Eugene M, Aeronautics and Astronautics: An American Chronology of Science and Technology in the Exploration of Space 1915-1960, NASA, 1961. Web Address when accessed: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/timeline.html.

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