Goddard

American  

[god-erd] / ˈgɒd ərd /

noun

1. Robert Hutchings 1882–1945, U.S. physicist: pioneer in rocketry.

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Goddard British  

/ ˈɡɒdɑːd /

noun

1. Robert Hutchings. 1882–1945, US physicist. He made the first workable liquid-fuelled rocket

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Goddard Scientific  

/ gŏd′ərd /

1. American physicist who developed numerous rockets and rocket devices, including the first successful liquid-fueled rocket (1926), the first instrument-carrying rocket that could make observations in flight (1929), and the first rockets to exceed the speed of sound.

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Example Sentences

Randall “Randy” Goddard of the LAPD’s Information Technology Bureau wrote streetlighting officials to say that the Palisades community “could use a big favor from your department.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The telescope will send 11 terabytes of data a day down to Earth, said Mark Melton, a systems engineer at Goddard Space Flight Center.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The findings, published in The Astronomical Journal, come from an international team led by Caleb Cañas of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, with contributions from Carnegie Science's Shubham Kanodia and others.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

While the Guggenheim Foundation funded much of Goddard’s later work, those early funds from private sources helped Goddard launch his first rocket.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Those who admired Goddard despised Rowan, and any who had given Rowan the benefit of the doubt were already rooting for Citra.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman