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, ...

On June 14, 1914, the first patent for a liquid-fueled rocket design was granted to Dr. Robert Goddard, an American scientist and rocket pioneer. In the patent, Goddard described a rocket fueled with ...

Modern spaceflight rests on a deceptively simple idea: a machine that carries its own fuel and oxidizer, then hurls exhaust ...

Robert Goddard's historic flight in 1926 was a short one, but would be critical to the future of spaceflight as we know it.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This device is the oldest surviving liquid-propellant rocket in the world. It was designed and built by U.S. rocket ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This device, made by U.S. rocket ...

On the ninth fairway at the Pakachoag Golf Course in Auburn, Massachusetts, lies a small granite obelisk commemorating the dawn of the space age. It was there, on March 16, 1926, that Robert Goddard ...

The inventor’s handmade tools are now museum artifacts. Colleen Anderson Robert Goddard, an American physicist and inventor, built many of his early rockets at his workshop in Roswell, New Mexico.

WBJ to launch INNOVATORS publication in honor of Robert Goddard's rocket launch anniversary, and solicits ideas from readers. Robert Goddard and his liquid oxygen-gasoline rocket at what is now the ...