Robert Goddard (1882-1945)
"Just remember - when you think all is lost, the future remains."
A "father of modern rocketry," Robert Goddard developed many of the ideas and practices of modern rocketry in Auburn, Massachusetts, and later Roswell, New Mexico. Though he received little credit during his lifetime, Goddard was posthumously awarded acclaim, patents for his rockets, and a famous apology from a noted New York newspaper, whose editors had long rejected his ideas.
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Articles:
Goddard Launches first liquid-fueled-propelled rocket
Source:
Great Scientific Achievements 1994 Vol. 3 p. 298
Accession Number:
2588399
Lexile:
1180
Database(s):
General Science Collection
The "moon man" and rockets for space
Source:
Odyssey Oct 1996 Vol. 5 Issue 7 p. 15
Accession Number:
9610161138
Lexile:
990
Database(s):
Middle Search Plus, Student Research Center
Robert Goddard
Source:
Time Canada 3/29/1999 Vol. 153 Issue 12 p. 67
Accession Number:
1695014
Lexile:
1130
Database(s):
MAS Ultra-School Edition, School Research Center
Video:
Robert Goddard Develops Rocket Propulsion
Source:
 Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century
Accession Number:
 1785
Database(s):
 History Reference Center