1926 in science

See also: 1925 in science, other events of 1926, 1927 in science and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Astronomy and space exploration 2 Awards 3 Deaths

Astronomy and space exploration

• March 16 - Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Jean Baptiste Perrin
  • Chemistry - Theodor Svedberg
  • Medicine - Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger
• Copley Medal: Frederick Hopkins
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: Henry Fairfield Osborn

• March 5 - Clément Ader, engineer and inventor, airplane pioneer (* 1841)