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The first rocket-assisted airplane takeoff of an American airplane was made by an Ercoupe fitted with rocket boosters designed by Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT) in 1941.

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Early Rocket Tests for Jet-Assisted Takeoff
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September 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
seismopond.bsky.social
@caltech.edu has a press release about our article recently published in @nature.com. This work is a result of collaborative efforts across disciplines, from seismology (@caltechseismo.bsky.social) to engineering and aeronautics (GALCIT).

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March 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Parsons, Foreman and Malina went on to pitch Theodore Von Karman of the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratories of the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT) on their ideas of rocket propulsion, with Malina's proposal for a doctorate eventually being approved by the "legendary aerodynamicist." The trio, now with access to the labs and literature available via Caltech and GALCIT, began their experiments in earnest - with their infamous explosive tendencies earning them the name the "Suicide Squad." Their work formed the basis of the Jet Proposal Laboratory (JPL) on the outskirts of Parsons' hometown. As mentioned previously, the JPL was eventually incorporated into NASA, and Malina's son, Roger Malina - the husband of Christine Maxwell, the daughter of Robert Maxwell and sister to Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell — later served as the first Director of this new joint venture. English Occultist, Aleister Crowley. Crowley, a member of The Hermetic Order of The Golden Dawn, joined the Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO) in 1910, a Freemasonry off-shoot, that was quickly influenced by Crowley's interest in his Thelemic religion, occult ceremonies, and "Sex Magick." Parsons and his then-wife, Helen Northup, joined the OTO in 1939, and Parsons engaged in frequent correspondence with Crowley, eventually becoming the American representative of the OTO. In order to further his study of Crowley's teachings and the OTO, Parsons purchased a mansion in Pasadena to create a commune of occultists he dubbed "The Parsonage." The manor soon became a hot bed of lavish parties, orgies and occult rituals. Meanwhile, the military continued to pour funding into the GALCIT Rocket Project and, in 1942, the rocket builders founded the Aerojet Engineering Company to keep up with the increasing demand for militarized propulsion. The next vear. in the Aerojet Engineering Company to keep up with the increasing demand for militarized propulsion. The next year, in 1943, the military formally took over the GALCIT Rocket Project, and renamed it the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Now under military control, JPL developed "several weapon deployment systems based on the liquid and solid fuel technology" including the WAC Corporal sounding rocket, which played a large part in the construction of "the first American rocket ever to exit the Earth's atmosphere." As his interest in the occult deepened, the military became warv of Parsons' wavs. and
August 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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On this Day, 𝟲𝟮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 ago...🕯️

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May 6, 2025 at 4:56 AM
kailanis.bsky.social
GALCIT Project No. 1, part of the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at Cal Tech (GALCIT), focused on applying jet propulsion to assist aircraft take-offs. This project led to the development of the JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off) rocket reducing takeoff distances by up to 50%.
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Jack Parsons, works as a janitor at a chemical factory but dreams of building rockets that will take mankind to the moon. As he helps pioneer rocket science by day, by night, Parsons is pulled into a new occult religion created by Aleister Crowley.
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May 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
ben3angel.bsky.social
(The Corporal sounding rocket got its start in June 1944 when the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratories California Institute of Technology or GALCIT was asked to develop a ballistic missile. The first was launched in September 1945. Since it was “without altitude control” it was dubbed WAC Corporal.)
October 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
thetopdingus.bsky.social
the funniest part of the story, if I'm remembering any of it right, is that he wasnt any more or less politically active than anyone else at galcit, but mao wanted a rocket program anyways and immediately said "yep, got him, he's our guy" knowing that a rocket scientist cant resist a good money hose
May 20, 2026 at 7:47 AM
d1ucb4u.bsky.social
The people laughing because the running robots ran into a wall were all laughing at Jack Parsons when his rockets exploded in the 1930s.

"Hur, hur, that's so stupid!"

Caltech and GALCIT were not the be-all and end-all of Parsons' magic; the Jet Propulsion Lab, space flight, and Moon Landing were.
August 25, 2026 at 1:52 PM
ognoneya.bsky.social
flight on October 1, 1942.
1936 The Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at Caltech (GALCIT) started rocket experiments, leading to what would become the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
1939: The U.S. Army Air Corps began providing financial support for the GALCIT Rocket Project.
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM