An American physicist who built and launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926, in Auburn, Massachusetts. His work was met with public skepticism during his lifetime but laid the practical groundwork for modern rocketry.
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Defining ContributionBuilt and flew the first liquid-fueled rocket 1 Notable WorkFirst liquid-fueled rocket flight, March 16, 1926, Auburn, Massachusetts 2 Connections
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Additional Source Atmospheric entry (Wikipedia)Atmospheric entry article, ablative heat shield history
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Additional Source Ion thruster (Wikipedia)Wikipedia, Ion thruster, Origins section
An institutional honor, not an employment record: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, founded in 1959, is named for Goddard, who died in 1945 and never worked for NASA (founded 1958).
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Additional Source Wikipedia: Robert H. GoddardRobert Goddard, legacy section
Von Braun and the German rocket program read Goddard's published work; Hermann Oberth had Goddard's 1919 paper translated for von Braun.
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Additional Source Wikipedia: Robert H. GoddardRobert H. Goddard, Wikipedia - A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes section
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica: Space Exploration
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.- Birth Date: 1882-10-05
- Death Date: 1945-08-10
- Nationality: American
- Defining Contribution: Built and flew the first liquid-fueled rocket
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Wikimedia Foundation- Birth Year: 1882
- Death Year: 1945
- Notable Work: First liquid-fueled rocket flight, March 16, 1926, Auburn, Massachusetts
Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
Wikimedia FoundationRobert H. Goddard, Wikipedia - infobox (born)
October 5, 1882
Robert H. Goddard, Wikipedia - infobox (died)
August 10, 1945
Robert H. Goddard, Wikipedia - infobox (full name)
Robert Hutchings Goddard
Robert H. Goddard, Wikipedia - First liquid-fueled flight section
It rose 41 feet & went 184 feet, in 2.5 secs., after the lower half of the nozzle burned off.
- Associated With: NASA, Robert Goddard, legacy section
Associated With: Wernher von Braun, Robert H. Goddard, Wikipedia - A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes section
Oberth had Goddard's 1919 paper translated and Wernher von Braun read it.
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Associated With: Atmospheric Entry, Atmospheric entry article, ablative heat shield historyQuote, Associated With: Atmospheric Entry, Atmospheric entry article, ablative heat shield history
The concept of the ablative heat shield was described as early as 1920 by Robert Goddard
Ion thruster (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Ion Thruster, Wikipedia, Ion thruster, Origins sectionQuote, Associated With: Ion Thruster, Wikipedia, Ion thruster, Origins section
Robert H. Goddard first suggested the use of electric propulsion in 1906 and later expanded the idea in a document for the Smithsonian titled Report Concerning Further Development,
Robert Goddard (Wikipedia)
In Group: American Rocketry and Space Pioneers, Lead sentenceQuote, In Group: American Rocketry and Space Pioneers, Lead sentence
Robert Hutchings Goddard (October 5, 1882, August 10, 1945) was an American physicist, inventor, and engineer credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, which was successfully launched on March 16, 1926.
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