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One of the important technological developments of the past one hundred years was the liquid-fuel rocket. A value of one hundred years is reasonably accurate, as we are approaching the centennial of the first flight of a liquid-fuel rocket by Dr. Robert H. Goddard on March 16, 1926. From this 2.5-second flight that rose to only 41 feet, we have seen the growth to giants such as the Saturn V and its contemporary Russian N1, and then to the current Starship and Space Launch System. One rocket that was a vital step in the growth of the size, payload capability,