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A look at the surprising history of the earliest rocket pioneers
When did spaceflight begin? There is no single answer. For newcomers to space, the beginning of time can be traced to as recently as December 2015. That’s when SpaceX landed its Falcon 9 rocket successfully for the first time, opening the modern era of rapid, reusable spaceflight. Increasingly, anything that came before feels anachronistic. But…