Dr. Robert H. Goddard: American Rocket Pioneer
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman - Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Aerospace Engineering Engineering Mechanics History of Science and Technology Mechanical Engineering |
| Learning Resource Type: | Reference - Article/Document |
| Media Type: | WWW |
| Author(s): | NASA - Lynn Jenner, National Aeronautics and Space Agency |
| Description: | NASA's biography of Dr. Robert Goddard. Excerpt: "The father of modern rocket propulsion is the American, Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard. Along with Konstantin Eduordovich Tsiolkovsky of Russia and Hermann Oberth of Germany, Goddard envisioned the exploration of space. A physicist of great insight, Goddard also had an unique genius for invention. By 1926, Goddard had constructed and tested successfully the first rocket using liquid fuel. Indeed, the flight of Goddard's rocket on March 16,1926, at Auburn, Massachusetts, was a feat as epochal in history as that of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk. Yet, it was one of Goddard's "firsts" in the now booming significance of rocket propulsion in the fields of military missilery and the scientific exploration of space." |
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| Keywords: | Robert Goddard, rocket propulsion |
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| Use of Resource: | Biography with timeline of rocket propulsion. |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
| Interactivity Level: | Very Low |
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| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/dr_goddard.html |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
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