Inventor of modern rocketry ... Lindbergh NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.; Robert H. Goddard Library, Clark University, Worcester; Goddard Hall, WPI; wrote words and music ...

Americans are justifiably proud of Robert H. Goddard, the Massachusetts professor ... Two years earlier, the experimental A-2 had already eclipsed Goddard’s inventions in terms of both thrust ...

Robert H. Goddard's first rocket soared for about 2 ... for they gave us the marvel of air transportation, but their invention cannot take us out of Earth's atmosphere into space.

Robert H. Goddard, the American father of modern rocketry, built and tested the world's first liquid-fuel rocket in 1926. His achievement is considered as significant as the Wright Brothers' first ...

WORCESTER ― The countdown is on for the centennial to celebrate 100 years since Worcester physicist, engineer, teacher, inventor and the "Father of Modern Rocketry" Robert H. Goddard's first ...

before he began the world’s first experiments with liquid fuel rockets—Robert H. Goddard wrote an essay called “The Ultimate Migration.” He asked a friend to keep it in his safe ...

Goddard with his Hoopskirt rocket during a launch attempt in September 1928. The fourth time was the charm for Robert H. Goddard’s “Hoopskirt Rocket,” so named for its resemblance to the ...

The McNamee family in Worcester came to be friends with Esther Goddard, wife of Robert H. Goddard, the man credited with inventing the liquid-fueled rocket, all thanks to a Christmas card.

were recipients of the 2010 Robert H. Goddard Award for Science. The award was bestowed upon Matt Greenhouse, Randy Kimble and Alexander Moiseev for outstanding work in sciences at NASA Goddard.