[026] Robert Goddard with rocket tested May 4, 1926

Photographer

Esther C. Goddard

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Description

Photograph of Robert Goddard posing "with rocket tested May 4, 1926. This was first model with rocket motor at base; gasoline and oxygen tanks above" (annotation by Esther Goddard). With the model used for the March 16 and April 3 flights proving too small for refinements, Goddard built a larger one, pictured here. The rocket motor, which had previously gone in the nose end, was now located in the base. No successful flights would take place with this larger model.

'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

1926

Type

image

Genre

photograph

Format

jpg

Keywords

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

Recommended Citation

Goddard, Esther C., "[026] Robert Goddard with rocket tested May 4, 1926" (1926). The Goddard Rocket Researches: A Photographic Record [Individual Photographs]. 24.
https://commons.clarku.edu/goddardphotographs/24

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