Robert H. Goddard - Timeline

Timeline

  • 1882 Birth in Worcester, Massachusetts
  • 1900 US Census living with his grandmother
  • 1908 Wrote Old Tech, a musical composition
  • 1908 Graduation from Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • 1919 A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes published
  • 1920 Report in The New York Times on January 12
  • 1924 Marriage to Esther Christine Kisk on June 21
  • 1926 First rocket launched from Auburn, Massachusetts on March 26
  • 1930 Moved to Mescalero Ranch, Roswell, New Mexico
  • 1945 Death from throat cancer in Baltimore, Maryland

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