S. rocketeer. Born in Worcester, Mass., where he became professor of physics at Clark University, Goddard started puttering with rockets in 1907. The Smithsonian Institution gave him $12,000 over ...

Among its highlights are: the world’s best collection of artifacts from American rocket pioneer Robert Goddard, an extensive collection of German World War II missile and rocket artifacts, a large ...

At the time, though, he was experimenting in Massachusetts and needed more room for launching his rockets safely. That's why Goddard moved to Roswell in 1930 with a small team of assistants.