Robert H. Goddard

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Robert H. Goddard was an American physicist and engineer widely regarded as the father of modern rocketry for pioneering the development of liquid-fueled rockets.

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instanceOf engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
rocket pioneer ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in physics ⓘ
awardReceived Daniel Guggenheim Medal ⓘ
Langley Medal ⓘ
birthDate 1882-10-05 ⓘ
birthPlace Worcester, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1945-08-10 ⓘ
deathPlace Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
describedAs father of modern rocketry ⓘ
developed gyroscopic stabilization for rockets ⓘ
liquid-fueled rocket engines ⓘ
multi-stage rocket concepts ⓘ
steering by vanes in rocket exhaust ⓘ
educatedAt Clark University ⓘ
Worcester Polytechnic Institute ⓘ
employer Clark University ⓘ
U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to: United States Army
familyName Goddard ⓘ
fieldOfWork aeronautics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
rocketry ⓘ
fullName Robert Hutchings Goddard ⓘ
linked to: Robert H. Goddard
givenName Robert ⓘ
influenced Sergei Korolev ⓘ
Wernher von Braun ⓘ
modern spaceflight engineering ⓘ
knownFor first successful liquid-fueled rocket ⓘ
pioneering liquid-fueled rocketry ⓘ
launchDateOfFirstLiquidFueledRocket 1926-03-16 ⓘ
launchSiteOfFirstLiquidFueledRocket Auburn, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
marriageStart 1924 ⓘ
memberOf American Physical Society ⓘ
notablePublication A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes ⓘ
occupation engineer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
patentHolderOf liquid-fuel rocket design ⓘ
multi-stage rocket design ⓘ
posthumousHonor Lunar crater Goddard named after him ⓘ
Mars crater Goddard named after him ⓘ
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center named after him ⓘ
publicationDateOfNotableWork 1919 ⓘ
residence Roswell, New Mexico, United States ⓘ
linked to: Roswell
spouse Esther Christine Kisk ⓘ

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Langley Medal → notableRecipient → Robert H. Goddard ⓘ
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linked to: Robert H. Goddard