Nozzle, Rocket. Solid Fuel, R.H. Goddard
date: label: Date
content: 1918
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Dr. Robert H. Goddard
notes: label: Summary
content: This is a nozzle from a 1-inch solid fuel rocket which U.S. rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard made during 1917-1918 for the U.S. Army as a weapon during World War I. The spiral grooves on the nozzle caused the rocket to rotate during its flight thereby helping to counteract deviations in its flight path and making it more stable in its flight.
label: Summary
content: A trial was later undertaken at the Army's Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, Maryland, on 6 November 1918. However, the following day the armistice was signed that ended the war as well as the Army's interest in this project. In 1921 Goddard switched to liquid propellants. This nozzle was donated to the Smithsonian by the Guggenheim Foundation for the Promotion of Aeronautics in 1985.
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 Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19850180000
objectType: label: Type
content: PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Nickel steel
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D: 14.2 × 2.5cm (5 9/16 × 1 in.)