[019] Rocket ready for outdoor test, March 1926

Photographer

Esther C. Goddard

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Description

Photograph of Robert Goddard indoors standing next to a "rocket ready for outdoor test" (annotation by Esther Goddard). This is the rocket which would go down in history on March 16, 1926 as the world's first flight of a liquid-fueled rocket. This model was revised from a failed March 6 flight which had taken most of February of that year to produce.

'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.

Date Taken

3-1926

Type

image

Genre

photograph

Format

jpg

Keywords

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

Recommended Citation

Goddard, Esther C., "[019] Rocket ready for outdoor test, March 1926" (1926). The Goddard Rocket Researches: A Photographic Record [Individual Photographs]. 19.
https://commons.clarku.edu/goddardphotographs/19

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