History Faculty Publications

Document Type

Encyclopedia Entry

Publication Date

1991

Publication Source

Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series

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

Volume

2

Place of Publication

Pasadena, CA

Peer Reviewed

yes


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