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Dr. Robert Goddard
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Dr. Robert Goddard

NASA / GSFC · 2017-12-08 · photograph (digital archive)

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The Goddard Space Flight Center was named in honor of Dr. Robert Goddard, a pioneer in rocket development. Dr. Goddard received patents for a multi-stage rocket and liquid propellants in 1914 and published a paper describing how to reach extreme altitudes six years later.

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Credit lineDr. Robert Goddard. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e002212.
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