| NASA Center: |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
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| Image # : |
74-H-1052 |
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| Date : |
01/01/1916
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Title
Goddard with Vacuum Tube Device
Full Description
Robert H. Goddard with vacuum tube apparatus he built in 1916 to
research rocket efficiency.
Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard is commonly referred to as the father of American
rocketry. The same year he built the apparatus, Goddard wrote a study requesting
funding from the Smithsonian Institution so that he could continue his rocket
research, which he had begun in 1907 while still a student at Worcester
Polytechnic Institute. A brilliant physicist, with a unique genius for
invention, Goddard may not have succeeded had it not been for the Smithsonian
Institution and later the Daniel Guggenheim Foundation and his employer the
Worcester Polytechnic Institute of Clark University. The former gave him
research monies while the Institute provided leaves of absence so that he could
continue his life's work. He was the first scientist who not only realized the
potential of missiles and space flight, but also contributed directly to making
them a reality.
Keywords
Robert Goddard
Subject Category
Rocket Propulsion,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
GSFC
- Center Number:
74-H-1052
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001338
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: Unknown
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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