Rocket, Solid Fuel, Smokeless Powder, R.H. Goddard
date: label: Date
content: 1918
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Dr. Robert H. Goddard
notes: label: Summary
content: This is a 1-inch solid fuel rocket built and tested by U.S. rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard during 1917-1918 for the U.S. Army for potential use as a weapon during World War I. The experiments were undertaken near the Mount Wilson Observatory in Pasadena, California. Later, a trial was made before Army officers at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, Maryland, on 6 November 1918.
label: Summary
content: The trials went well and this model reached about 750 yards. However, the following day the armistice was signed that ended the war as well as the Army's interest in this project. Goddard switched to liquid propellants in 1921. This object was donated to the Smithsonian by the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation for the Promotion of Aeronautics in 1985.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
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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: A19850179000
objectType: label: Type
content: CRAFT-Missiles & Rockets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Overall, steel
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D: 47.6 × 2.1cm (18 3/4 × 13/16 in.)