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

 

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Photograph of Robert Goddard looking at a rocket motor he developed using pumps for propellants, circa 1940. This photograph is part of the final section of Esther Goddard's photo album titled "A Few Informal Photographs, Through the Years". This photograph can be found online with the year 1932 credited to it, but Esther dates it at 1940. The annotation in her photo album specifically links the rocket he poses with as one using pumps as propellants, which is relevant to 1940 but not 1932. Esther also has "N.G.S" handwritten next to her annotation, which likely stands for National Geographic Society. In 1940, Goddard invited photographers from National Geographic to Roswell to witness a rocket flight test that ended up being unsuccessful. The article never materialized.

'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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1940

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Robert Goddard, Esther Goddard, rocketry, rockets, Clark University, Roswell, New Mexico, National Geographic

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Robert Goddard, Esther Goddard, rocketry, rockets, Clark University, Roswell, New Mexico, National Geographic

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