Nevertheless, this rocket, named “Nell,” represented a historic achievement that would help launch the modern age of ...

From World War II to the Apollo era, the space shuttle program and today’s privately developed commercial rockets, the ...

Robert Goddard is known as the father of modern rocketry, but at the time, many people mocked his ideas around space ...

Goddard launched the world’s first successful liquid-fueled rocket from a farm in Auburn, Massachusetts.   The rocket was ...