Robert H. Goddard

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Robert H. Goddard was an American physicist and engineer widely regarded as the father of modern rocketry for pioneering the development of liquid-fueled rockets.

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Robert H. Goddard canonical 15
Robert Hutchings Goddard 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf engineer
human
inventor
physicist
rocket pioneer
academicDegree PhD in physics
awardReceived Daniel Guggenheim Medal
Langley Medal
birthDate 1882-10-05
birthPlace Worcester, Massachusetts
surface form: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1945-08-10
deathPlace Baltimore, Maryland, United States
describedAs father of modern rocketry
developed gyroscopic stabilization for rockets
liquid-fueled rocket engines
multi-stage rocket concepts
steering by vanes in rocket exhaust
educatedAt Clark University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
employer Clark University
United States Army
surface form: U.S. Army
familyName Goddard
fieldOfWork aeronautics
physics
rocketry
fullName Robert H. Goddard self-linksurface differs
surface form: Robert Hutchings Goddard
givenName Robert
influenced Sergei Korolev
Wernher von Braun
modern spaceflight engineering
knownFor first successful liquid-fueled rocket
pioneering liquid-fueled rocketry
launchDateOfFirstLiquidFueledRocket 1926-03-16
launchSiteOfFirstLiquidFueledRocket Auburn, Massachusetts
surface form: Auburn, Massachusetts, United States
marriageStart 1924
memberOf American Physical Society
notablePublication A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes
occupation engineer
inventor
physicist
patentHolderOf liquid-fuel rocket design
multi-stage rocket design
posthumousHonor Lunar crater Goddard named after him
Mars crater Goddard named after him
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center named after him
publicationDateOfNotableWork 1919
residence Roswell
surface form: Roswell, New Mexico, United States
spouse Esther Christine Kisk

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Goddard Space Flight Center namedAfter Robert H. Goddard
AIAA Goddard Astronautics Award namedAfter Robert H. Goddard
John Fritz Medal notableRecipient Robert H. Goddard
Robert H. Goddard fullName Robert H. Goddard self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Robert Hutchings Goddard
Clark University hasNotableAlumnus Robert H. Goddard
Goddard Memorial State Park namedAfter Robert H. Goddard
Goddard hasNotableBearer Robert H. Goddard
Goddard namedAfter Robert H. Goddard
subject surface form: Goddard Space Flight Center
Esther Christine Kisk spouse Robert H. Goddard
Esther Christine Kisk collaboratedWith Robert H. Goddard
Esther Christine Kisk hasRelative Robert H. Goddard
Langley Medal notableRecipient Robert H. Goddard