On June 9, 1931 the first rocket powered aircraft design was patented by Dr. Robert Goddard. (Goddard is seen in the photo above with the first liquid fueled rocket he constructed and tested in March, 1926.)
Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard is considered the father of modern rocket propulsion. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, was established in his name on May 1, 1959. You can rely on mistletoetom.com to share stories of history and heroes. For more about NASA and the work of Dr. Goddard visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/history/dr_goddard.html
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