| NASA Center: |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
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G-32-04 |
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| Date : |
01/01/1932
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Title
Dr. Robert Goddard
Full Description
The Goddard Space Flight Center was named in honor of Dr. Robert
Goddard, a pioneer in rocket development. Dr. Goddard received patents for a
multi-stage rocket and liquid propellants in 1914 and published a paper
describing how to reach extreme altitudes six years later. That paper, "A Method
of Reaching Extreme Altitudes," detailed methods for raising weather-recording
instruments higher than what could be achieved by balloons and explained the
mathematical theories of rocket propulsion. The paper, which was published by
the Smithsonian Institution, also discussed the possibility of a rocket reaching
the moon-a position for which the press ridiculed Goddard. Yet several copies of
the report found their way to Europe, and by1927, the German Rocket Society was
established, and the German Army began its rocket program in 1931. Goddard,
meanwhile, continued his work. By 1926, he had constructed and tested the first
rocket using liquid fuel. Goddard's work largely anticipated in technical detail
the later German V-2 missiles, including gyroscopic control, steering by means
of vanes in the jet stream of the rocket motor, gimbal-steering, power-driven
fuel pumps and other devices.
Keywords
Robert Goddard
Subject Category
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Reference Numbers
- Center:
GSFC
- Center Number:
G-32-04
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001336
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