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

 

Esther C. Goddard

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Photograph of "model tested December 1928, with pressure generated from evaporation of oxygen produced by cooling the gasoline" (annotation by Esther Goddard). This test resulted in the world's third flight of a liquid-propellant rocket. The first and second were March 16, 1926 and April 3, 1926. Footage from this test, shot by Esther, can be seen in Reel 2 of The Goddard Rocket Film Reels. The test took place at Ward Farm in Auburn, Massachusetts. The rocket achieved a distance of 204.5 feet and a speed of about 60 miles per hour. This flight was followed by a series of static tests to develop liquid "curtain cooling" for the insides of the combustion chamber wall.

'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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12-1928

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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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