03-16-1926 First Liquid Fuel Rocket
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
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Aerospace Engineering Astronomy Engineering Mechanics History of Science and Technology Mechanical Engineering Physics Technology and Society |
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Michael Smith |
| Description: | Engineering Pathway's "Today in History" blog for March 16. "On this date in 1926, Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard launched the world's first successful liquid-fuel rocket. Goddard's rocket was a very small contraption connected to tanks with gasoline and liquid oxygen, and sitting atop a frame 10 feet tall. It screeched into the air for a few seconds, reaching an altitude of about 40 feet and crashing down about 200 feet from its launch site. Goddard wrote in his diary that the rocket 'looked magical as it rose.' In a liquid rocket, stored fuel and stored oxidizer are pumped into a combustion chamber where they are mixed and burned. The combustion produces great amounts of high-pressure exhaust gas, which produces thrust. Today's missiles and spacecraft are launched on liquid-propelled rockets based on Goddard's groundbreaking experiments. In memory of Goddard's work, a major space science laboratory, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, was established on May 1, 1959." |
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| Keywords: | rockets Robert Goddard Goddard Space Center liquid fuel Gemini VIII Neil Armstrong David Scott Agena Target Vehicle |
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"Today in History" Blog of the Engineering Pathway Digital Library |
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(c) Design a system, component, or process |
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Events in history can be used to connect modern technology to its historical roots. |
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| Publication Date: | March 2009 |
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| Download URL: | http://www.k-grayengineeringeducation.com/blog/index.php/2012/03/ |
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