The Goddard Rocket Researches: A Photographic Record [Individual Photographs]

 

Esther C. Goddard

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Photograph of Robert Goddard posing alongside his "complete rocket with double-acting engine, November 1925" (Esther Goddard's annotation). This rocket is very similar in shape and size to the one that would become the world's first liquid-propellant rocket on March 16, 1926, but it is very different in construction. Until December of 1925, when Goddard realized the rocket needed to be as light as possible in order to secure a successful flight, he spent years working with pumps and engines (and would return to them as his focus later in his career). The intricate inner workings of the engine can be seen in this photograph. Following December 6, 1925, after a static test that demonstrated lift, he switched to pressure tanks in order to create a rocket as light as possible.

'The Goddard Rocket Researches: A Photographic Record' is an annotated photo album covering Robert H. Goddard's work and experimentation with rocketry. It was assembled and curated by Esther Goddard sometime after her husband's passing in 1945. Additionally, almost all of the photographs were taken by Esther herself.

Photographs were scanned at 400dpi.

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11-1925

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Robert Goddard, rocketry, Clark University, liquid-propellant rockets, liquid fuel rockets

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Robert Goddard, rocketry, Clark University, liquid-propellant rockets, liquid fuel rockets

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