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

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

Project Hail Mary's production team was assembled by Gosling, including screenwriter Drew Goddard, who adapted another of Weir's novels, The Martian, for the big screen.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Robert H. Goddard achieved the first liquid-fuel launch on March 16, 1926.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

“That took more nerve than I thought you had, boy,” Goddard said.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman