{"id":27163,"date":"2026-02-19T11:53:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/?post_type=story&#038;p=27163"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:55:08","slug":"clark-helps-launch-robert-goddard-centennial-celebration","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/19\/clark-helps-launch-robert-goddard-centennial-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark helps launch Robert Goddard centennial celebration\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>With just under a month to go until the 100th anniversary of Clark alumnus and professor Robert H. Goddard\u2019s launch of the world\u2019s first liquid fuel rocket, members of Worcester\u2019s political and academic communities gathered at a Feb. 17 press conference to discuss the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstlaunchcentennial.org\/\">First Launch Centennial<\/a>&nbsp;and the various events planned.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark Digital Projects Librarian Catherine Stebbins (pictured above) noted that the University has the most extensive&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.clarku.edu\/goddardcollection\/?_gl=1*1c49c4k*_gcl_au*ODUyNDY4NzIzLjE3NjUyMjc5MTYuMTU3NTc4NDE0OS4xNzY5NjMwNjEzLjE3Njk2MzA2MTI.\">collection of Goddard memorabilia<\/a> anywhere, as well as exclusive rights to his wife Esther\u2019s photo albums and videos. Stebbins and her Goddard Library colleagues have been working for more than a year to digitize the collection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignright hang is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-lighter-teal-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-eaadd211 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clark-celebrates-the-father-of-modern-rocketry\">Clark celebrates the Father of Modern Rocketry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-exhibit-the-robert-goddard-collection\">Exhibit: The Robert Goddard Collection<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Goddard Library Archives and Special Collections, first floor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>March 16\u201320, 2 to 4 p.m. each day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saturday, March 21, 1 to 4 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-path-to-success\">The Path to Success<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A talk by <strong>John Emond \u201974<\/strong>, retired NASA Headquarters program manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tuesday, March 17, 7 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Johnson Auditorium (Sackler 120) or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/clarku.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_M3Vcz4-pTB2pR4nQKjIaTw\">Zoom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-dreamer-who-launched-the-space-age\">The Dreamer Who Launched the Space Age<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A talk by <strong>Kevin Schindler<\/strong>, historian and author of \u201cRobert Goddard\u2019s Massachusetts\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thursday, March 19, 4 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dana Commons, Higgins Lounge or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/clarku.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_unsDvg6ESS-5FuyCX7_MBA\">Zoom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After Robert Goddard\u2019s death in 1945, Esther worked tirelessly to organize his papers, diaries, patents, and more, presenting the collection to Clark in three batches in 1963, 1978, and 1979. The collection even includes paintings by the physicist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe contents of the Clark collection bring Robert Goddard to life. There is a personal intimacy within his drawings and his handwritten entries in the tiny diaries he kept every day. It\u2019s hard to describe,\u201d Stebbins added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goddard conducted the first liquid fuel rocket launch on March 16, 1926, in a field on his aunt\u2019s farm in nearby Auburn. In his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.clarku.edu\/goddardlaunch\/\">diary<\/a>, he noted, \u201cIt looked almost magical as it rose, without any appreciably greater noise or flame, as if it said, \u2018I\u2019ve been here long enough; I think I&#8217;ll be going somewhere else if you don&#8217;t mind.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark will host several events, including speakers and an exhibit of Goddard artifacts, during the launch anniversary week (see sidebar). The University has also lent several key artifacts to the Goddard exhibit at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesterhistory.org\">Museum of Worcester<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGoddard\u2019s work and legacy are very present and visible at Clark,\u201d Stebbins said. A permanent Goddard exhibit on the second floor of the library is on view whenever the building is open, a plaque on the Math\/Physics Building commemorates the physicist, and the campus will soon have a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalspacetrail.org\/\">National Space Trail<\/a> marker, she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Clark campus is also home to the only permanent, national monument to Robert Goddard, which Congress passed by joint resolution in 1965. The sculpture, funded by NASA and Clark,&nbsp;depicts the parabolic trajectory of a rocket as it leaves Earth. Designed by David von Schlegell and dedicated in 1978, the monument is located in Atwood Plaza, in the shadow of the library that bears Goddard\u2019s name.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s press conference took place at the Robert and Esther Goddard Center for Innovation \u2014 the Goddard family home at 1 Tallawanda Drive, Worcester, where Robert was born in 1882. The home is owned by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thewondermission.org\/\">The Wonder Mission<\/a>, a nonprofit whose&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/The-Goddard-Project-61551785676432\/\">Goddard Project<\/a>&nbsp;initiative is dedicated to celebrating the legacy of \u201cthe father of modern rocketry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/RHG-with-rocket-in-Auburn-prelaunch-800x1200-1.avif\" alt=\"Robert Goddard with liquid fuel rocket prior to its launch on March 16, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-27187\" style=\"width:425px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/RHG-with-rocket-in-Auburn-prelaunch-800x1200-1.avif 1200w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/RHG-with-rocket-in-Auburn-prelaunch-800x1200-1-257x300.avif 257w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/RHG-with-rocket-in-Auburn-prelaunch-800x1200-1-878x1024.avif 878w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/RHG-with-rocket-in-Auburn-prelaunch-800x1200-1-768x896.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Hutchings Goddard with the world\u2019s first liquid fuel rocket, prior to its launch on March 16, 1926, in Auburn, Massachusetts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the press conference, which was hosted by Mayor Joe Petty, Worcester Polytechnic Institute President Grace Wang said that before receiving his bachelor\u2019s degree from WPI, Goddard conducted his first experiments there \u2014 including one that sent faculty running for fire extinguishers. \u201cOur people didn\u2019t say no to Robert Goddard,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goddard earned his master\u2019s and doctoral degrees at Clark in 1910 and 1911, respectively, and began his Clark teaching career as an instructor in 1914. He was appointed a professor in 1920 and director of the department in 1923, a position he held until he left the Clark faculty in 1943.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Museum of Worcester will host the official centennial exhibit, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesterhistory.org\/goddardrocketcentennial\">Worcester to the Stars<\/a>,\u201d which will open on March 16 and remain on display until August 1. The exhibit will include items and images from Clark, WPI, NASA, the Roswell Museum and Art Center, David Clark Company (the Worcester-based creator of the spacesuit), and others, and will also celebrate Esther Goddard. Admission to the museum will be free for the centennial week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe exhibit and stories of innovators like Dr. Goddard remind us of Worcester&#8217;s significant place in our shared history,\u201d said Vanessa Bumpus, the museum\u2019s exhibition coordinator. \u201cWe always remind people that you can&#8217;t get to the moon without Worcester.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EcoTarium, a museum of science and nature in Worcester, will host a special&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ecotarium.org\/event\/goddard-centennial\/\">Centennial Celebration<\/a>&nbsp;on Sunday, March 15. Director Noreen Johnson Smith noted that the EcoTarium is a fitting location to celebrate Goddard, as Esther Goddard and Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell were among those who cut the ribbon for the facility in 1971.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The town of Auburn will celebrate the centennial with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.auburnma.gov\/839\/Robert-Goddard-Centennial\">two events<\/a>: a family event and rededication of Goddard Park on March 14, and a celebration at Pakachoag Golf Course \u2014 the site of the 1926 launch \u2014 on March 16. According to Auburn Fire Chief Stephen Coleman, the goal is to launch 100 rockets throughout the day, with the launch of a replica of Goddard\u2019s original rocket in the afternoon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe town of Auburn is very proud of our part in history,\u201d Coleman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Slatkin \u201974, director of The Wonder Mission, noted that Goddard is sometimes called \u201cthe forgotten father of the space age,\u201d and he hopes the centennial year will start to change that. \u201cIt\u2019s a year to get Robert Goddard on the map,\u201d starting with Goddard\u2019s hometown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want Worcester to embrace his legacy and celebrate the city\u2019s role in ushering in the space age,\u201d he said, \u201cand I want all Worcester residents, and especially all Worcester kids, to feel that sense of pride and ownership that we have with this wonderful, iconic hero.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slatkin said multiple National Space Trail markers have already been installed in Worcester, including at City Hall, with others to come \u2014 including at South High and Worcester Regional Airport.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The celebration week will conclude with a special event at the Hanover Theater for the Performing Arts, featuring speakers including Dr. Alan Stern, former NASA associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, and Dr. Mackenzie Lystrup, former director of NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Worcester Public School student will read the valedictorian address that Robert Goddard gave at the city\u2019s South High in 1904, in which the physicist famously said, \u201cIt is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With just under a month to go until the 100th anniversary of Clark alumnus and professor Robert H. 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