Robert Goddard

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Clark_University
gptkb:Worcester_Polytechnic_Institute
gptkbp:award gptkb:Daniel_Guggenheim_Medal
gptkb:Langley_Gold_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1882-10-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Worcester,_Massachusetts,_USA
gptkbp:citation Called 'father of modern rocketry'
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center named in his honor
gptkbp:deathDate 1945-08-10
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Baltimore,_Maryland,_USA
gptkbp:field aerospace engineering
physics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Robert_Hutchings_Goddard
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert Goddard
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:NASA
gptkb:Wernher_von_Braun
gptkbp:inspiredBy modern rocketry
space exploration
gptkbp:inventedBy gyroscopic control for rockets
liquid-fueled rocket
multistage rocket design
rocket nozzle
steering by vanes in rocket exhaust
gptkbp:knownFor launching the first liquid-fueled rocket
pioneering modern rocketry
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:American_Rocket_Society
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Goddard_Space_Flight_Center
gptkb:Robert_H._Goddard_High_School
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableStudent Esther Christine Kisk (assistant and wife)
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:first_successful_liquid-fueled_rocket_(1926)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:inventor
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Nahum_Danford_Goddard
gptkb:Nellie_Goddard
gptkbp:patent liquid-fueled rocket apparatus
multistage rocket
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:A_Method_of_Reaching_Extreme_Altitudes_(1919)
gptkbp:religion Congregationalist
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Hope_Cemetery,_Worcester,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:signature Robert H Goddard signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Esther_Christine_Kisk
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
documentaries
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Worcester
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4