Robert H. Goddard, American physicist, engineer, and academic (died 1945)

Robert H. Goddard

American physicist and inventor (1882–1945)

Robert Hutchings Goddard was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, which was successfully launched on March 16, 1926. By 1915 his pioneering work had dramatically improved the…