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March 16th in Astronomy and Space Science

	1926	American physicist Robert Goddard launches the first liquid fuel rocket from his aunt's farm in Auburn, Massachusetts. It flies for 2.5 seconds, reaching an altitude of 12.5 m (41 feet) and lands 56 m (184 feet) away.
	1974	US Mariner 10 spacecraft makes its third and final fly-by of Mercury. No spacecraft have returned to Mercury since.

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