Robert H. Goddard
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 79 years ago |
Date of birth | October 5,1882 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Worcester |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Date of died | August 10,1945 |
Died | Baltimore |
Maryland | |
United States | |
Spouse | Esther Christine Kisk |
Job | Professor |
Physicist | |
Inventor | |
Rocket scientist | |
Academic | |
Education | Clark University |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute | |
South High Community School | |
Books | Liquid-propellant rocket development |
A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes: (with 10 Plates) | |
Rocket development | |
Rockets | |
A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes: (1919) | |
Liquid-propellant Rocket Development (1936) | |
Awards | Congressional Gold Medal |
Langley Gold Medal | |
Daniel Guggenheim Medal | |
Parents | Nahum Danford Goddard |
Fannie Louise Hoyt | |
Siblings | Richard Henry Goddard |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 497660 |
Robert H. Goddard Life story
Robert Hutchings Goddard was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket. Goddard successfully launched his rocket on March 16, 1926, which ushered in an era of space flight and innovation.