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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