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Headquarters |
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| Image # : |
74-H-1224 |
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| Date : |
1940
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Title
Goddard Rocket With Turbopumps
Full Description
Rocket with turbopumps that inject propellants into the
combustion chamber on its assembly frame is shown without its
casing at the Goddard shop in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1940.
With Dr. Robert Goddard (far left) is Nils Ljungquist, machinist;
Albert Kisk, brother-in-law and machinist; and Charles Mansur,
welder.
Dr. Goddard has been recognized as the father of American
rocketry and as one of the pioneers in the theoretical
exploration of space. His dream was the conquest of the upper
atmosphere and ultimately space through the use of rocket
propulsion. When the United States began to prepare for the
conquest of space in the 1950's, American rocket scientists began
to recognize the debt owed to the New England professor. They
discovered that it was virtually impossible to construct a rocket
or launch a satellite without acknowledging the work of Dr.
Goddard.
Keywords
Rocket Turbopumps Robert Goddard Roswell New Mexico Casing
Subject Category
VIPs-People at NASA-NACA
Reference Numbers
- Center:
HQ
- Center Number:
74-H-1224
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000140
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: National Geographic Society
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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