Robert Goddard's achievements
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- First to explore mathematically the practicality of using rocket propulsion
to reach high altitudes and even the moon (1912)
- Received first U.S. patent in the idea of a multi-stage rocket (1914)
- Proved, by actual test, that a rocket will work in a vacuum
(1915)
- Developed the basis for the rocket weapon, later
known as the bazooka, for the U.S. Army (1917)
- First to develop a rocket motor using liquid
propellants (1920-1925)
- First to shoot a liquid fuel rocket (March 16,1926)
- Shot the first scientific payload (barometer and camera) in a rocket flight
(1929)
- First to use vanes in the rocket motor blast for guidance (1932)
- First to develop gyro stabilization apparatus
for rockets (1932)
- Launched the first liquid-propellant rocket
which went faster than the speed of sound (March 8, 1935)
- First developed pumps suitable for rocket fuels
- First launched successfully a rocket with a
motor pivoted on gimbals under the influence of a gyro mechanism (1937)
- Awarded 214 patents between 1914 and 1956