Safety Valve, Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, R.H. Goddard
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Dr. Robert H. Goddard
notes: label: Summary
content: This valve was made by the American rocket pioneer Dr. Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) to protect his liquid oxygen tanks from bursting due to too much pressure caused by evaporation of the very cold liquid. The valve dates to the 1930's when Goddard conducted his experiments at Roswell, New Mexico.
label: Summary
content: Mrs. Robert H. Goddard donated this object to the Smithsonian Institution in 1959 as part of a large collection of artifacts from her husband.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
label: Location
content: National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
label: Exhibition
content: Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Robert Goddard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19590078000
objectType: label: Type
content: PROPULSION-Components (Engine Parts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Steel, paint, adhesive, rubber, solder
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D: 38.3 × 20.3 × 4.3cm (15 1/16 × 8 × 1 11/16 in.)