KIDS QUIZ
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Dr. James Van Allen
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Dr. Robert Goddard
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Dr. Wernher Von Brauun
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Goddard and his first liquid-fueled rocket, March 16, 1926. Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) is considered the father of modern rocket propulsion.
Detailed explanation-2: -A U.S. professor of physics and scientist, Robert Goddard was a pioneer of controlled, liquid-fueled rocketry. He launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926.
Detailed explanation-3: -Goddard began experimenting with liquid-fueled rocket engines in September 1921, using gasoline as fuel and liquid oxygen as an oxidizer, successfully testing the first one a little more than two years later.
Detailed explanation-4: -Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) is considered the father of modern rocketry. One of Goddard’s many firsts was the successful test of the world’s first liquid-propelled rocket. Goddard was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on October 5, 1882.