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View all natural world worksheets. View all earth science worksheets. View all biology worksheets. View all space worksheets. View all science worksheets. View all animal worksheets. View all Addition Worksheets. View all Numbers Worksheets. Along with Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky of Russia and Hermann Oberth of Germany, Goddard was one of the first to envision the exploration of space.
A physicist of great insight, Goddard also had a unique genius for invention. Goddard graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in and then became a physics instructor there. At the same time, he began graduate work at Clark University, where he received his M. Goddard was a research fellow at Princeton in and , then in , he joined the faculty at Clark University, where he became a full professor in In , Goddard received two U. At his own expense, he began to make systematic studies about propulsion provided by various types of gunpowder.
In , Goddard requested funds of the Smithsonian Institution so that he could continue his research. That proposal was published in along with his subsequent research and Navy work as Smithsonian Miscellaneous Publication No. Goddard's rocket relied on a combination of gasoline and liquid oxygen. Two lines ran into the combustion chamber. To overcome the high temperatures required for the combustion of pure oxygen, Goddard designed the extremely cold liquid oxygen to cool the combustion chamber as it traveled from the fuel tank , a method still used today.
On March 16, , Goddard fired his first liquid-fueled rocket. It burned for about 20 seconds before taking off, melting part of the nozzle. Over the next several years, Goddard continued to work on methods of stabilizing his rockets. He used gyroscopes to control motion and vanes thrust into the exhaust jet to steer them.
In , one of Goddard's launches made headlines, attracting the attention of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh. Lindbergh began to provide financial backing for Goddard's research. Later contributions came from the Guggenheim family. Goddard moved to Roswell, New Mexico, in the s, where he continued to work on his rockets over the course of his lifetime. The open desolation provided the perfect place to work on his rockets in safety, and he launched 31 rockets over 15 years. But Goddard never lived to see his dream of a rocket traveling into space.
He died of throat cancer at his home in Baltimore on Aug. Goddard was credited with patents. Of these, were filed by his wife after his death. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!
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