Robert Hutchings Goddard was a pioneer of Rocketry and Space Flight. His inspiration and ideas started young and possesed as time grew. "...the dream of yesterday, is the hope of today and the reality of tomarrow."(Robert Hutchings Goddard) On October 5th 1882 in the small city of Worcester Massachusetts a child was born to Nahum Danford Goddard and Fannie Hoyt Goddard. They named him Robert Hutchings Goddard. After Robert's first birthday, Nahum was offered a …showed first 75 words of 1100 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1100 total…gave recognition to his city but yet to his own self. He now has a memorial at a park in Auburn Massachusetts at the field where he set his rockets off, In Florida NASA commemorated hiswith a space center after his name. The government gave him awards and medals and his face was even seen on United States Postage Stamps. "His memory soars with every rocket; his spirit mingles with the stars."(Robert Hutchings Goddard)