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Chronology - 1930 - Quarter 3

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- 1930 July - Nation: USA. Launch Vehicle: Goddard 4.

Goddard moves rocket work to Roswell, New Mexico
Goddard's liquid rocket development project was moved to New Mexico under the auspices of Daniel Guggenheim of New York City. Dr. Goddard could now devote full time to the rocket work. References: 482 .

- 1930 Jul 2 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut candidate Alexander Kratz Rupp born in Bellefonte , Pennsylvania, USA.

- 1930 Jul 8 - Nation: Ukraine.

Future cosmonaut Valeri Aleksandrovich Yazdovsky born in Yenyakievo, Ukraine.

- 1930 Jul 22 - Nation: Russia.

Future cosmonaut Yuri Petrovich Artyukhin born in Pershitino, Moscow, Russia.

- 1930 Jul 23 - Nation: Germany. Launch Vehicle: V-2.

Hermann Oberth and VfR test liquid fuel engine.
Hermann Oberth and VfR successfully tested liquid oxygen and gasoline-fueled rocket motor for 90 seconds in Germany, a demonstration made before the Director of the Chemisch-Technische Reichsanstalt to secure financial support. References: 17 .

- 1930 Jul 24 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut candidate Robert King Parsons born in Ripley , Virginia, USA.

- 1930 Jul 24 - Nation: Belarus.

Future cosmonaut Boris Nikolayevich Belousov born in Khotimsk, Mogilev, Belarus.

- 1930 Aug 5 - Nation: USA.

- 1930 Sep 1 - Nation: Germany. Launch Vehicle: V-2.

Raketenflugplatze Berlin established.
Raketenflugplatze Berlin established by VfR in Germany. References: 17 .

- 1930 Sep 17 - Nation: USA.

- 1930 Sep 17 - Nation: USA.

Future astronaut Thomas Patten (Tom) Stafford born in Weatherford, Oklahoma, USA.

- 1930 Sep 23 - Nation: Ukraine.

- 1930 Sep 24 - Nation: USA.

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