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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1970.35.40
Robert H. Goddard
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. Goddard

United States, 1882 - 1945
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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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