Robert Goddard Accomplishments

Over 100 years ago, when humanity looked for new places to conquer, two men looked to the skies. Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first working motor airplane, and after that day, the world took a huge interest in aviation, causing many leading pioneers and innovators in the aerospace field to emerge, revolutionizing the way we look at the skies.

Engines built by George Stephenson and his sons, Robert, were considered superior. Rocket, which was built by them, was used on the first public railway line which opened in 1830, extending 32 miles from Liverpool to Manchester. Rocket went 16 miles per hour (Spielvogel 609).

Robert Fulton was an engineer and inventor who is credited with the first practical submarine. Another inventor was Humphry Davy who was chemist and inventor; he is best known for his discoveries of several alkali. Frederick Albert Winzer was one of the pioneers of gas lighting, he is also credited with the metronome. Richard Trevithick was an inventor who was credited with the locomotive.

Christopher Gardner is a living example of the “American Dream.” Growing up, he was surrounded by sexual abuse, family issues, and poverty. Though,he got through the hardships with the encouraging words of his mother. After high school, he was interested with working in the medical field and gave to his son, Chris Jr. However, he makes the sudden decision of pursuing his passion for finance which ultimately causes the mother of Chris Jr to leave them both. As he tries to work for several brokers, Chris and his son fall into the lines of the homeless. However, Christopher preserves through the hurdles. It takes time but Christopher Gardner eventually becomes a well respected businessman. His hardwork was paid off for him and his son

In March of 1926, Dr. Robert Goddar successfully launch the first modern rocket propelled by liquid fuel (First liquid-fueled rocket). Before this time Rockets were launch using either gun powder of steam to propel their rockets, but what Dr. Robert Goddar was more than just launch a simple rocket, but open up new possibilities and a look at the future. Before this time rockets were used in wars by the Chinese as they were attached to arrows and/or spheres to strike their enemy (Rockets in Ancient Times). Over time Rockets have changed greatly, from essentially being a sphere and not being able to get off the ground to becoming fuel propelled machines that can take us billions of miles into space.

finding that there is lightning in electricity by only using a kite and a key. He helped end the

After WWII, the US and Soviet Union started to develop a new kind of missile program, not for aiming them at other countries, but aiming them at space, this period of time was known as the Space Race ( A Brief History of Space Exploration).America was launched into space because JFK knew the that America needed to restore its confidence and that America would not only meet with the soviets, but surpass them, and from that he made the goal of landing a man on the moon within the decade (Space Program). There were three main scientists from three different countries who started to design rocket engines for space travel. Those scientists were: Konstantin Tsiolkovsk from Russia, Robert Goddard from the US, and Hermann Oberth from Germany ( A

Wernher von Braun always had an interest in rockets. At a young age, he would attach sky rocket fireworks to go-carts and ride them down

47 assistants with torches lit the rockets and he was off! None saw him after that, although he probably exploded, as rockets usually do. In 1898-1935 a school teacher in Russia proclaimed that we should use liquid fuel with rockets and now is called the father of modern rocketry. Two competing countries, America and Russia, decided that they wanted to see who could get the first satellite launched, the first animal was in space, the first man in space, the first man to orbit the earth, and the big prize, who could achieve the first moon landing. Russia beat America in most cases, but America finally won the space race by getting a man on the moon and back on earth

It all started when Charles got involved in a contest that offered $25,000 to the first person to make a nonstop flight between New York and Paris (Giblin 39). Many people had tried before Lindbergh to accomplish this feat, however none of them had succeeded. He chose Ryan Aeronautical Company of San Diego to construct a special plane in which he would take for the flight (“Charles Lindbergh”). He was denied by many companies before Ryan Aeronautics said they would do it, Charles also got to help design the plane, which was later named The Spirit of St. Louis (“Charles Lindbergh”). When the Chief of the company heard that Lindbergh would be flying alone, he calculated that he could carry 425 gallons of fuel, that would be enough to cover the 3,600 mile journey from New York to Paris, plus an extra 400 miles in case he ran into any problem and had to make a detour ( Giblin 49). The final estimated cost of the plane and the engine was $10,580 (Giblin 49). They began working immediately, and on April 28th The Spirit of St. Louis went on it’s first test flight. He was one step closer to changing the world of aviation

It has always been the dream of mankind wanting to join the birds in the sky, many innovators created various contraptions to achieve flight. On December 17, 1903, two brothers by the name of Wilbur and Orville Wright decided to test their contraption and it was successful. This event changed the course of aviation as the contraption known as Flyer 1 became the first successful powered heavier-than-air flight.

He started right away and built the first powered engine from scratch in less than 6 weeks! That’s crazy! Plus, he made all the metal parts used in the airframe. He had so many great things going for him and now this! He was very talented and was very determined with his work.

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was an inventor and is responsible for the world as we know it. He developed alternating current, the Tesla coil, and wireless connectivity. Today he is regarded as one of the most important geniuses in history, but while he was alive, his ideas were largely unsupported.

His early experiments were the solid-propellant rockets and finding out the rocket would work better with liquid fuel Robert created the first liquid propellant rocket.

The Wright brothers invented the first airplanes. “During 1890 while Orville and Wilbur Wright were working in a bicycle shop, the Wright Brothers got