Robert Goddard in 1926, wearing a hat and overcoat and standing in a snowy field about to launch his first liquid fuel rocket. Image credit USAF
I'm reviewing page proofs for HISTORY SMASHERS: THE SPACE RACE today & thought you might like to see this photo of Robert Goddard's first liquid fuel rocket.
On its test flight, it flew about 40 feet and then crashed into his aunt's cabbage patch. #GottaStartSomewhere