robert goddard - father of modern rocketry
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Dr. Robert Goddard
(1882-1945)
The Father of Modern Rocketry
WORLD’S FIRST LIQUID-FUELED ROCKET Launched 3/16/1926, in
Auburn, Massachusetts Altitude 41 feet Lasted 2.5 seconds Horizontal distance 184
feet
84 patents during his lifetime
130 patents after his death
Total of 214 patents
THE SPACE AGE
Sputnik 1 – The world’s first artificial satellite launched by the USSR on 10/4/1957
Apollo 11 – 7/20/1969 – spaceflight that landed first humans on the moon, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong
"IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE, FOR THE
DREAM OF YESTERDAY IS THE HOPE OF TODAY AND THE REALITY OF TOMORROW.“
- ROBERT GODDARD
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