1932 April 19 - Launch Vehicle: Goddard. Model: Goddard 4. -
 Goddard tests rocket with gyro stabilization. Nation: USA. Apogee: 0.0410 km (0.0255 mi). Flight of Goddard liquid fuel rocket with pressure generated by liquid nitrogen, and eight gyro-controlled vanes (four into blast and four into slipstream) for stabilisation. Length 10 ft 9.5 in.; weight empty 19.5 lb; height 135 ft; in air 5 sec. References: 17, 482.
1932 May 1 - -
 Tsiolkovskiy's last radio speech Nation: USSR. He predicted that, using multistage boosters, the first space flights would take place within 20 to 30 years.
1932 June - - Goddard work ended at Roswell. Nation: USA. Because of the depression, Guggenheim financial support of Goddard's rocket experiments in Roswell ends. From 1930 to 1932 Goddard's team accomplished 21 providing stand tests, and 8 attempted flight tests, of which 5 achieved flight. References: 482.
June 1932 - Launch Vehicle: V-1. -
 V-1 engine concept patented. Nation: Germany. German engineer, Paul Schmidt, working from design of Lorin tube, developed and patented a ramjet engine later modified and used in the V-1 Flying Bomb. The concept of the world's first jet-powered cruise missile was originated by Flight Staff Engineer Bree. The pulse engine was based on a French patent dating to the 1890's. The engine, which operated by creating 500 fuel-air explosions per minute, was designed for a specific operational altitude. The guidance system consisted of propellor in the nose. When this had turned a preset number of times (corresponding to the desired range to the target), the counter pushed the missile's rudder hard over, resulting on a dive to the ground. A V-1 could be produced for one tenth of the cost of a V-2.
References: 17.
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