ocr: 1882 Born on October 5 in Worcester, Massachusetts. 1908 Graduates from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 1911 Awarded a PhD in physics from Clark University, Massachusetts. 1912 Begins a year working at Princeton University, New Jersey, where hel becomes convinced that his rocketry work will lead to space travel. 1914 July, is granted patents covering propellant feeds, nozzles, combustion chambers, and multistage rockets. 1917 With a: $5,000 grant from the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Goddard starts work on a rocket that will take measurements int the high atmosphere. He also becom ...
