Dr. Goddard Transports Rocket, NASA history collection
Dr. Robert H. Goddard tows his rocket to the launching tower behind a Model A Ford truck, 15 miles northwest of Roswell, New Mexico. 1930- 1932. Dr. Goddard has been recognized as the "Father of American Rocket... More
Dr. Robert Goddard at Clark University
Full Description: Dr. Robert H. Goddard at a blackboard at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1924. Goddard began teaching physics in 1914 at Clark and in 1923 was named the Director of the Physic... More
Close-up of Gyroscope for Goddard's Rocket
A close-up of Dr. Robert H. Goddard's gyroscope and associated parts used in the stabilization of the rocket tested April 19, 1932, in New Mexico. The rocket was also painted to show whether revolution about it... More
Dr. Robert H. Goddard, NASA history collection
Full Description: Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945). Dr. Goddard has been recognized as the father of American rocketry and as one of the pioneers in the theoretical exploration of space. Robert Hutching... More
Sen. John C. Stennis celebrates a successful Space Shuttle Main Engine...
Description: (August 23, 1978) Sen. John C. Stennis dances a jig on top of the Test Control Center at Stennis Space Center following the successful test of a Space Shuttle Main Engine in 1978. A staunch support... More
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) had nine Thor boosters in storage ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Frederick V. Johnson, USAF R... More
Walter Frederick Morrison
Walter Frederick Morrison promoting his Pluto Platters, forerunner of the Frisbee.
Carnegie Science Center 1960 Bowden Spacelander
The 1960 Bowden "Spacelander" on display at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, PA. It was created by Benjamin G. Bowden (1907-1998), an industrial designer, and featured a fiberglass frame, an electric... More