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

Guggenheim’s questions about Goddard were succinct, reasonable and articulate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Without a doubt, Goddard was the father of 20th-century rocketry, but Charles Lindbergh was the midwife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"This is certainly an outburst unlike any other we have seen in the past 50 years," said Eliza Neights, an astronomer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 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

“Wiser words have never been spoken,” said Goddard.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman