Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory
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Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory
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The Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT), was a research institute created in 1926, at first specializing in aeronautics research. In 1930, Hungarian scientist Theodore von Kármán accepted the directorship of the lab and emigrated to the United States. Under his leadership, work on rockets began there in 1936. GALCIT was the first—and from 1936 to 1940 the only—university-based rocket research center. Based on GALCIT's JATO project at the time, th
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guggenheim_Aeronautical_Laboratory
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2007-04-03T17:13:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T21:49:38Z
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