Robert Goddard By Paige7 May 24, 1907 Public noticed him due to a cloud of smoke from a powder rocket that fired in the basement of the Worcester Polytechnic institute physics building. May 24, 1912 Explored the practicality of using rocket propulsion to reach high altitudes even the moon May 24, 1914 Received two U.S. Patents. One for a rocket using liquid fuel the other for a two or three stage rocket using solid fuel Mar 16, 1926 Developed and successfully tested the first rocket using liquid fuel