Placing a Goddard Rocket in the Launch Tower

Placing a Goddard Rocket in the Launch Tower

Item Information

Title:
Placing a Goddard Rocket in the Launch Tower
Description:
A photograph of three of Robert H. Goddard's assistants placing a rocket in the launch tower for a test flight on February 16, 1935 near Roswell, New Mexico. Dr. Goddard was an instructor and professor of Physics at Clark University from 1914 until 1943 and is known as the father of modern rocketry.
Creator:
Goddard, Esther, C., 1901-1982
Date:
1921
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Clark University, Robert H. Goddard Library
Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
Clark University Collection
Subjects:
Rockets (Aeronautics)--New Mexico--Roswell
Rocketry--New Mexico--Roswell
Goddard, Robert Hutchings, 1882-1945
Places:
New Mexico > Chaves (county) > Roswell
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/bk128t37w
Terms of Use:
Permission to use images must be obtained in advance and in writing from the Clark University Archives by writing to Archives@clarku.edu
Contact host institution for more information.
Language:
English
Notes:
Is part of the collection, Archives and Special Collections, Goddard Library, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Identifier:
CUA XPHON 13-1
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