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 said Flock would not be allowed to “sell, publish, disclose or share” any of the data to any outside entity or use it to train artificial intelligence or other commercial uses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, oversees mission management, systems engineering, and safety and mission assurance.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 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

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

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman