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Robert Goddard’s assistant Henry Sachs (left), former student and fellow Clark University Physics professor Percy Roope (middle), and wife Esther Goddard who photographed and filmed much of her husband’s work. They stand with parts from the rocket — later named “Nell” — following the flight of March 16, 1926, at Aunt Effie’s (a distant relative of Robert Goddard’s) Ward Farm in Auburn, Mass. This test marked the world’s first successful launch of a liquid-propelled rocket. Courtesy of Clark University

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Robert Goddard’s assistant Henry Sachs (left), former student and fellow Clark University Physics professor Percy Roope (middle), and wife Esther Goddard who photographed and filmed much of her husband’s work. They stand with parts from the rocket — later named “Nell” — following the flight of March 16, 1926, at Aunt Effie’s (a distant relative of Robert Goddard’s) Ward Farm in Auburn, Mass. This test marked the world’s first successful launch of a liquid-propelled rocket. Courtesy of Clark University
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Corey S Powell (coreyspowell@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Mar-2026 10:25:21 JST Corey S Powell
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Robert Goddard on his rocket's first flight:
“It looked almost magical as it rose, without any appreciably greater noise or flame, as if it said, ‘I’ve been here long enough; I think I’ll be going somewhere else, if you don’t mind.'"
https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/goddard/from-cabbages-to-craters-nasa-marks-one-century-of-modern-rocketry/ #history #science #tech

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