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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1970.35.40
Robert H. GoddardUnited States, 1882 - 1945

Goddard was an American engineer, professor, physicist and inventor credited with creating the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket which was successfully launched March 16, 1926. An American, he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1959. He is considered the father of modern rocketry.

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