[025] Rocket with additional vertical braces, April 3, 1926

Photographer

Esther C. Goddard

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Description

Photograph of a "rocket with additional vertical braces, April 3, 1926, which also gave a flight" (annotation by Esther Goddard). This rocket marked the world's second ever flight of a liquid-propellant rocket. It was in the air for 4.2 seconds and landed 50 feet from the testing stand.

'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

4-3-1926

Type

image

Genre

photograph

Format

jpg

Keywords

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

Recommended Citation

Goddard, Esther C., "[025] Rocket with additional vertical braces, April 3, 1926" (1926). The Goddard Rocket Researches: A Photographic Record [Individual Photographs]. 25.
https://commons.clarku.edu/goddardphotographs/25

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