Robert H. Goddard

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engineer human inventor physicist rocket pioneer

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.

Aliases (1)

Robert Hutchings Goddard ×1

Statements (49)

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, 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 → U.S. Army →
familyName	Goddard →
fieldOfWork	aeronautics → physics → rocketry →
fullName	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, 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, New Mexico, United States →
spouse	Esther Christine Kisk →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
AIAA Goddard Astronautics Award → Goddard Institute for Space Studies → Goddard Space Flight Center → Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center →	namedAfter
Robert H. Goddard ("Robert Hutchings Goddard") →	fullName
AIAA Goddard Astronautics Award →	honorsFieldPioneer
John Fritz Medal →	notableRecipient