The inventor’s handmade tools are now museum artifacts.

90 years ago this week, on March 16, 1926, rocketry pioneer Robert Goddard launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket. See its legacy. Skip to main content ...

On March 16, 1926, Goddard successfully launched the first liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Mass. The rocket reached an altitude of 41 feet, lasted two seconds in the air and averaged about 60 ...

Robert Goddard around 1936, when he first published the results of his pioneering liquid-fuel rocket experiments. Americans are justifiably proud of Robert H. Goddard, the Massachusetts professor ...

But the first liquid-fueled rocket flight was as significant to space exploration as the Wright brothers’ first flight was to air travel, and 90 years later, his patents are still integral to ...

Everyone knows how Robert Goddard built and flew the first-ever liquid fuel rocket on March 16, 1926. And they are absolutely right. Everyone also knows ...

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 ...

As we approach July’s 50th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing, this week marks the commemoration of a key moment in history that may have helped Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael ...

While the world marvels at the Mars rovers, Dr. Robert Goddard dreamed of sending rockets into space nearly a hundred years ago. In his autobiography, Robert Goddard wrote about an inspiration he h… ...

As we approach July’s 50th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing, this week marks the commemoration of a key moment in history that may have helped Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael ...