The base of the jovial groove as the little group walked was a lilting, repeating riff on the kora, the 21-string harp-lute that a musician played with its base propped against his torso, plucking with his thumbs. â
The Vanguard team was still working on a test vehicle (TV-2) designed to test the first stage of the rocket when they learned of the launch of the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, by the USSR on October 4, 1957. On December 2, the Department of Defense announced the imminent launch of TV-3.
Today in History March 16 1926 History March 16 1926, The first man to give hope to dreams of space travel is American Robert H. Goddard, who successfully launches the worldâs first liquid-fueled rocket at Auburn, Massachusetts, on March 16, 1926.