March 16, 1926: The First Liquid-Propellant Rocket Launch
Document Type
Document
Date
1926
Keywords
Robert Goddard, diary, rocketry, liquid-fuel rocket
Description
A newly digitized scan of Robert Goddard's 1926 diary, the year he achieved the world's first liquid-fuel rocket launch. Goddard kept one diary for each year, from 1898 until his death in 1945. Transcriptions of key dates can be found in the section of The Papers of Robert H. Goddard titled '1925-1930: Liquid Propellant Rockets Fly'.
Please note that this is a daily diary, which only leaves a few lines to write about each day. Goddard wrote at more length about March 16th on March 17th but wrote that extra writing in a 'Memoranda' section towards the end of the book. That writing is on page 160 of this document.
A supplemental file is also available, which includes Esther Goddard's transcription of her husband's diary.
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Recommended Citation
Goddard, Robert H., "Robert Goddard's 1926 Diary" (1926). March 16, 1926: The First Liquid-Propellant Rocket Launch. 30.
https://commons.clarku.edu/goddardlaunch/30
Transcribed 1926 Goddard Diary
