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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.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1912year
Princeton Universityattested“He spent another year at Clark as an honorary fellow in physics, and in 1912 he accepted a research fellowship at Princeton University's Palmer Physical Laboratory.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
12 January 1920exact date
Moonattested“David Lasser, who co-founded the American Rocket Society (ARS), wrote in 1931 that Goddard was subjected in the press to the "most violent attacks." On January 12, 1920, a front-page story in The New York Times, "Believes Rocket Can Reac…”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
1932year
Clark Universityattested“A temporary loss of funding from the Guggenheims, as a result of the depression, forced Goddard in spring of 1932 to return to his much-loathed professorial responsibilities at Clark University.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
1940year
Roswell, New Mexicoattested“The Goddards soon moved to Roswell, New Mexico Because of the military potential of the rocket, Goddard, Lindbergh, Harry Guggenheim, the Smithsonian Institution and others tried in 1940, before the U.S.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
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1904year
Worcester Polytechnic Institutementioned“Goddard enrolled at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1904.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
1908 to 1909period
Clark Universitymentioned“degree in physics from Worcester Polytechnic in 1908, and after serving there for a year as an instructor in physics, he began his graduate studies at Clark University in Worcester in the fall of 1909.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
1908 to 1909period
Worcester Polytechnicmentioned“degree in physics from Worcester Polytechnic in 1908, and after serving there for a year as an instructor in physics, he began his graduate studies at Clark University in Worcester in the fall of 1909.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
1910year
Clark Universitymentioned“degree in physics from Clark University in 1910, and then stayed at Clark to complete his Ph.D.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
1914year
Clark Universitymentioned“In the fall of 1914 Goddard's health had improved, and he accepted a part-time position as an instructor and research fellow at Clark University.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
21 June 1924exact date
Clark Universitymentioned“On June 21, 1924, Goddard married Esther Christine Kisk (March 31, 1901 – June 4, 1982), a secretary in Clark University's President's office, whom he had met in 1919.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
16 March 1926exact date
Auburn, Massachusettsmentioned“Goddard launched the world's first liquid-fueled (gasoline and liquid oxygen) rocket on March 16, 1926, in Auburn, Massachusetts.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
1929year
Americamentioned“After one of Goddard's experiments in 1929, a local Worcester newspaper carried the mocking headline "Moon rocket misses target by 238,799 miles." Though the public laughed at the "moon man," his paper was read seriously by many rocketee…”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
1930year
The Guggenheimmentioned“In the spring of 1930, Lindbergh finally found an ally in the Guggenheim family.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
1930year
Roswell, New Mexicomentioned“With new financial backing, Goddard eventually relocated to the Eden Valley Test Site in Roswell, New Mexico, in summer of 1930, where he worked with his team of technicians in near-isolation and relative secrecy for years.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
August 1936month
California Institute of Technologymentioned“Frank Malina, who was then studying rocketry at the California Institute of Technology, visited Goddard in August 1936.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
August 1936month
Californiamentioned“Frank Malina, who was then studying rocketry at the California Institute of Technology, visited Goddard in August 1936.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
1943year
Caltechmentioned“(The Patent Office did not release rocket patents during World War II.) However, the Aerojet Engineering Corporation, an offshoot of the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at Caltech (GALCIT), filed two patent applications in Sep 1943 re…”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
1945year
Annapolismentioned“In the spring of 1945, Goddard saw a captured German V-2 ballistic missile, in the naval laboratory in Annapolis, Maryland, where he had been working under contract.”source: Wikipedia: Robert H. Goddard
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