{"id":16,"date":"2026-02-02T14:02:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/goddard\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:42:30","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/goddard\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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On March 16, 1926, Robert H. Goddard, a Clark-trained scientist, launched a liquid fuel rocket into the sky from the frozen ground of his Aunt Effie\u2019s farm in Auburn, Massachusetts. The rocket flew 41 feet into the air and landed 184 feet away, traveling for 2.5 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were 2.5 seconds that changed the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We celebrate the 100th anniversary of Goddard\u2019s historic launch with a gallery of artifacts housed in the Clark University Archives and Special Collections. They are items, most of them worn and weathered, that reveal a brilliant and churning mind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Robert H. Goddard designed this liquid-propellant rocket motor circa 1930.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Robert H. Goddard experimented with gyroscopic technology to control the flight path of rockets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This autobiography of Robert H. Goddard was the first book ever flown to the moon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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