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Goddard Launches the First Liquid Fuel Propelled Rocket
Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
  • John Alfred Heitmann, University of Dayton
Document Type
Encyclopedia Entry
Publication Date
1-1-1991
Abstract

Using liquid oxygen and gasoline as fuels, Goddard pioneered the first practical liquid fuel rocket, setting the stage for future developments in modern rocketry.

Inclusive pages
810-814
ISBN/ISSN
9780893566371
Document Version
Published Version
Comments

This document is provided for download by permission of the publisher. Permission documentation is on file.

Citation information: Heitmann, John Alfred. “Goddard Launches the First Liquid Fuel Propelled Rocket,” in Great Lives From History: Science and Technology Series. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1991. Used by permission of EBSCO Information Services, Ipswich, MA.

Publisher
Salem Press
Place of Publication
Pasadena, CA
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Disciplines
Citation Information
John Alfred Heitmann. "Goddard Launches the First Liquid Fuel Propelled Rocket" Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series Vol. 2 (1991)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john_heitmann/24/