People · researcher
Robert Goddard
1882–1945 · Engineering
- Lifespan
- 1882–1945
- Field
- Engineering
- Nationality
- American
Known For
Flew the first liquid-fuelled rocket, on 16 March 1926, from his aunt's farm; the New York Times mocked him for thinking a rocket could work in vacuum, and apologised in 1969.
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