Goddard with his Hoopskirt rocket during a launch attempt in September 1928. The fourth time was the charm for Robert H ... wanted a lightweight frame to test his rocket motor.

Dr. Robert H. Goddard first developed the theories needed ... but that hardly matters because the test worked. Goddard fired off his rocket, which soared 41 feet into the air during a flight ...

The space age arrived on the doorstep of the Smithsonian Institution in the first week of November 1935. It came in the form of a rocket ... The donor, Robert Hutchings Goddard, had consigned ...