Robert H. Goddard [1882-1945] Page at Spirit of America Bookstore

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Goddard received the Langley Gold Medal from the Smithsonian Institution in 1960, and the Congressional Gold Medal in September 16, 1959.[11] NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center was named in Goddard's honor in 1959. He was also inducted into the International Aerospace Hall of Fame in 1966, and the International Space Hall of Fame in 1976.[12]
the scientist whose inventions led to the bazooka, the jet engine, and the space rocket

1926 March 16: Dr. Goddard successfully launched the first liquid-fueled rocket near Auburn, Massachusetts.
1926 April 3: Dr. Goddard launched his second flight of a liquid-fueled rocket.
Summer 1930: Dr. Goddard and his team relocated to Roswell, New Mexico.
November 1936: Dr. Goddard flew the world's first rocket (model L-7) with multiple chambers.
May 1942: Dr. Goddard and his team moved to Navy facilities in Annapolis, Maryland.

"Cosmos" documentary TV series [1980] /tt0081846/
"Blues For A Red Planet" episode [1980] /tt0759805/
"Harmony of The Worlds" episode [1980] /tt0759807/
"One Voice In The Cosmic Fugue" episode [1980] /tt0759810/

"Time & Space Travel" episode [1982] /tt0902062/ of "In Search of ..." documentary TV Series [1982]

"Spaceflight" documentary TV series [1985-1987] /tt0270656/
"Thunder In The Skies" episode [1985] /tt5842916/
"The Wings of Mercury" episode [1985] /tt5842934/
"One Giant Leap" episode [1986] /tt5842938/
"The Territory Ahead" episode [1987] /tt5842940/

"Inventions of War" episode [2000] /tt0650181/ of "Modern Marvels" documentary TV series

"NASA's Rocket To Mars" episode [2016] /tt5539912/ of "Impossible Engineering" documentary TV series

Family & Friends
Robert Hutchings Goddard was born in October 1882 in Worcester, Massachusetts; he died in August 1945 at age 62 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Rocket, an ale made by the Wormtown Brewery of Worcester, Massachusetts is named in Robert Goddard's honor
http://www.wormtownbrewery.com/portfolio-item/bottle-rocket/

Goddard is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland
It was named after the physicist Robert H. Goddard. The population was 5,554 in the 2000 census.

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	"Rocket Genius (Robert Goddard: Father of The Space Age)" [1963] by Charles Spain Verral Scholastic Book Services 8½x5¾ pb [1965] out of print/used Scholastic Book Services 7½x5¼ pb [1963] out of print/used
	"This High Man: The Life of Robert H. Goddard" [1963] by Milton Lehman, Preface by Charles A. Lindbergh described on Amazon as a hagiography {pejorative reference to biographies perceived to be uncritical of or reverential to their subject} orchestrated by Robert Goddard's widow; 16 pages of photos Pyramid Books 8½x5¾ pb [1970] out of print/used Farrar Straus 8½x5¾ hardcover [1963] out of print/used
	"The Man Behind The Rocket: The Story of Robert Goddard - Unsung Father of The Space Age" [1965] by Leonard M. Fanning 22-page General Motors Corp. pamphlet [1965] out of print/scarce
	"Rocket Man: The Story of Robert Goddard" [ages 10 & up; 1995] by Thomas Streissguth Trailblazer/Carolrhoda Books 9½x7½ library hardcover [3/95] out of print/used
	"Robert H. Goddard (A Discovery Book)" [1972] by Milton Lomask, Illustrated by Al Fiorentino Arcade/Garrard 9x6½ hardcover [3/72] out of print/used
	"Robert Hutchings Goddard: Pioneer of Rocketry and Space Flight" [1992] by Suzanne M. Coil University Press 9½x6¼ pb [7/92] out of print/used Facts on File/Makers of Modern Science 9¾x6¼ hardcover [7/92] out of print/used
	"Robert Goddard and The Liquid Rocket Engine" [grades 4-7; 2001] by John Bankston Mitchell Lane Publng 9¾x7½ library hardcover [10/2001] out of print/used
	"Rocket Man: Robert H. Goddard and The Birth of The Space Age" [2003] by David A. Clary Kindle Edition from Hachette Books [2003 edition] for $9.99 Hachette Books 8x5¼ pb [8/2004] for $16.28 Hachette Books 9¼x6 hardcover [8/2003] for $24.12
	"Robert Goddard: Rocket Pioneer (Giants of Science)" [2003] by Kaye Patchett Blackbirch 9x6¼ hardcover [12/2003] out of print/used
	"Robert Goddard" book for kids [ages 7 & up; 2006] by Don McLeese 24-page Rourke Publng Group 7½x8 library hardcover [11/2006] out of print/used publisher bookpage shows as ebook with false ISBN 9781606941997 and 'Languages English Spanish'
	"Dr. Robert H. Goddard: A Brief Biography - Father of American Rocketry and The Space Age" [2017] by Doug West, PhD 42-page Kindle Edition from C&D Publns [6/2017] for $2.99 50-page CreateSpace 8x5 pb [6/2017] for $6.95
	"When Sparks Fly: The True Story of Robert Goddard, The Father of U.S. Rocketry" [2018] by Kristen Fulton, Illustrated by Diego Funck Kindle Edition from McElderry/Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [7/2018] for $10.99 Margaret K. McElderry Books 11x8½ hardcover [7/2018] for $9.98

Spirit of America Bookstore rocket scientistRobert H. Goddard [1882-1945]

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rocket scientist
Robert H. Goddard
[1882-1945]