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Who is Robert Goddard?

  • Writer: lynxrufus716
    lynxrufus716
  • Mar 16
  • 1 min read

On March 16, 1926, Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-propellant rocket! Now what is a liquid-propellant launch? First a rocket is fueled using liquid oxygen and gasoline. Then the engines ignite, consume the oxygen and gasoline inside the rocket, and combusts and shoots up into the sky!

While Goddard was technically the first to complete a successful launch, he kept his advances a secret for many years, convinced people would steal his idea. His work was unfortunately overtaken by the Germans, who created the large-scale rocket V-2. Even though his work was not continued in this path, he still lit a flame of inspiration to others considering the thought of space travel. To read more about this topic, read this article written by Michael Neufeld!


 

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