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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Goddard

Abuse survivor Fiona Goddard, who resigned from the inquiry in October 2025, said it had been "a long fight".

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

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

Construction on housing is expected to start in earnest next year on the campus of Vermont’s Goddard College, which closed in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Jennifer Eigenbrode, Ph.D., an astrobiologist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and co-author of the study, helps lead the instrument team.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 28, 2026

“Volta was the weakest of us,” Goddard said.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman