robert goddard - father of modern rocketry
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Dr. Robert Goddard
(1882-1945)
The Father of Modern Rocketry
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WORLD’S FIRST LIQUID-FUELED ROCKET Launched 3/16/1926, in
Auburn, Massachusetts Altitude 41 feet Lasted 2.5 seconds Horizontal distance 184
feet
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84 patents during his lifetime
130 patents after his death
Total of 214 patents
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THE SPACE AGE
Sputnik 1 – The world’s first artificial satellite launched by the USSR on 10/4/1957
Apollo 11 – 7/20/1969 – spaceflight that landed first humans on the moon, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong
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"IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE, FOR THE
DREAM OF YESTERDAY IS THE HOPE OF TODAY AND THE REALITY OF TOMORROW.“
- ROBERT GODDARD
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