Journal Entry, May 5, 1926
Personal journal
By: Robert H. Goddard
Date: May 5, 1926
Source: Goddard, Robert H. Journal entry, May 5, 1926. In The Papers of Robert H. Goddard, Volume II: 1925–1937. Esther C. Goddard and Edward G. Pendray, eds. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970, 588–589.
About the Author: Robert Hutchins Goddard (1882–1945) was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and received a Ph.D. in physics from Clark University in 1911. He returned to Clark University as assistant professor of physics, and in 1919 he was promoted to full professor. He began experimenting with liquid-fuel rockets in the 1910s and during World War I developed a prototype of the bazooka. He launched the first liquid-fuel rocket in 1926. In recognition of his achievements, the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland was named in his honor in 1961.
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