Dr. Robert H. Goddard, American Rocketry Pioneer | NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/history/dr_goddard.htmlDr. Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) is considered the father of modern rocket propulsion. A physicist of great insight, Goddard also had a unique genius for invention. It is in memory of this brilliant scientist that NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, was established on May 1, 1959.
In 1964, the Post Office Department (POD) issued a stamp commemorating Robert Goddard. The stamp depicts an image of Goddard next to a rocket launching from the Kennedy Space Center. The POD released the stamps at a ceremony held in New Mexico. Esther Goddard, the wife of the famous engineer and physicist attended the ceremony. She pressed a button launching two rockets, one of which flew approximately a mile and a half into the air. The rockets, each carrying 1,000 first day covers, after falling to the ground were recovered with the first day covers later sold to collectors.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray over 1 year ago
At least the anticipation is fun .. until the rocket goes sideways into the house.
iggyman over 1 year ago
Good luck on your maiden flight!
Susan00100 over 1 year ago
And will they have to call the Fire Dept. to get it out of the tree—like a cat??
oakie817 over 1 year ago
where it knocks down Charlie Brown’s kite
w2lj over 1 year ago
Fitting arc. Yesterday was Neil Armstrong’s birthday.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 1 year ago
Dr. Robert H. Goddard, American Rocketry Pioneer | NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/history/dr_goddard.htmlDr. Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) is considered the father of modern rocket propulsion. A physicist of great insight, Goddard also had a unique genius for invention. It is in memory of this brilliant scientist that NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, was established on May 1, 1959.
In 1964, the Post Office Department (POD) issued a stamp commemorating Robert Goddard. The stamp depicts an image of Goddard next to a rocket launching from the Kennedy Space Center. The POD released the stamps at a ceremony held in New Mexico. Esther Goddard, the wife of the famous engineer and physicist attended the ceremony. She pressed a button launching two rockets, one of which flew approximately a mile and a half into the air. The rockets, each carrying 1,000 first day covers, after falling to the ground were recovered with the first day covers later sold to collectors.
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/one-giant-leap-for-mankind-kennedys-challenge/robert-goddard-father-of-rocketry#:~:text=Known%20as%20the%20%E2%80%9Cfather%20of%20rocketry%2C%E2%80%9D%20Robert%20Goddard,a%20skeptical%20eye%20by%20the%20press%20and%20public.