Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969. But those steps wouldn’t have been possible without Robert Goddard, a Massachusetts scientist who first successfully launched a liquid fuel rocket more than ...

There’s a moment in John Williams’s Star Wars overture when the brass surges upward. You don’t just hear it; you feel propulsion turning into pure possibility. On 16 March 1926, in a snow-dusted field ...

Worcester native Robert Goddard pioneered the first liquid fuel rocket launch 100 years ago on March 16, in a field at his aunt's home in Auburn. Area events are on tap to honor the centennial of the ...

Less than a century ago, astronomers relied entirely on ground-based observations to further scientific study. Today, descendants of that first liquid-fueled rocket provide eyes on cosmic phenomena, ...

It was a fortuitous quest for adventure that led Gerald Hastings, 10, to Asa Ward Farm on March 16, 1926, where he witnessed Robert H. Goddard shoot for the stars, literally. A hundred years later, ...

Robert Goddard, assisted by his wife Esther, sent the first liquid-fueled rocket aloft on March 16, 1926. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

In the December 1929 issue, Popular Mechanics covered the pioneering work of the rocketeer Robert H. Goddard. Just three years earlier, Goddard became the first to launch a liquid propellant-fueled ...

Goddard's technology is still propelling us into space today. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the latest ...

Goddard had many impressive firsts beyond the first liquid fueled rocket. He was the first to implement a De Laval nozzle on a rocket something that greatly improves rocket efficiency and is used on ...

Robert Goddard's first successful liquid-fueled rocket launch was on March, 16, 1926, in Auburn. Many events are being planned to celebrate the centennial of the launch locally and nationally. The ...