Goddard Rocket In Launch Tower
by Nasa
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Goddard Rocket In Launch Tower
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Nasa
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Photograph - Photograph
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Goddard rocket in launch tower. Designed and built by US rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945), this was the fourth flight of a liquid-fuel rocket. The rocks at bottom helped keep the guide pipes straight. Despite receiving little recognition during his lifetime, Goddard is now hailed as a father of modern astronautics. He explored mathematically the feasibility of reaching high altitudes using rocket propulsion, and in 1926 built the first liquid-fuel rocket. His speculations about Moon rockets were ridiculed, and his achievements were only recognised after his death with the dawn of the Space Age. Photographed on 17 July 1929, at Auburn, Massachusetts, USA.
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August 6th, 2016
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