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Robert Truax

Robert Truax was a man who liked to build rockets. He wanted to make rockets that could go up high into the sky and even into space. He worked for many years making and testing rockets at the government's rocket program called NASA.

Robert Truax was very good at his job and he even invented some new things that helped make rockets better. He built bigger and more powerful rockets that could carry heavy things, like people and equipment, into space.

Robert Truax also worked on a special kind of rocket called a "sea-launched" rocket that launches from the ocean instead of a launch pad on land. This kind of rocket can be used for things like satellites and even military missiles.

Robert Truax was a very smart man and he did a lot of important work to help us explore space and learn more about our universe.