A century after Robert H. Goddard's first liquid-fueled rocket launch, a celebration honored his legacy in space exploration.

NOT AT NASA, NOT AT A SECRET BASE SOMEWHERE, BUT ON THE NINTH FAIRWAY, ON A GOLF COURSE IN AUBURN, MASSACHUSETTS, WHERE ROBERT GODDARD LAUNCHED THE FIRST LIQUID FUELED ROCKET HE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS ...

The Museum of Flight will host a March 14 panel marking the 100th anniversary of Robert H. Goddard's first liquid-fueled rocket launch and discussing the future of space exploration.

Robert H. Goddard achieved the first liquid-fuel launch on March 16, 1926.

With the centennial of Robert Goddard's first liquid fuel rocket launch, his dreams, including reaching Mars, inspire today's aerospace students.

Modern spaceflight rests on a deceptively simple idea: a machine that carries its own fuel and oxidizer, then hurls exhaust backward fast enough to push itself forward. The person who first turned ...

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 ...

Click to open image viewer. This appears to be one of the first piston pumps tested by American rocket pioneer Dr. Robert H. Goddard in 1923 for his first experiments with liquid propellant rocket ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On February 21, 1931, Germany launched its first liquid-fueled rocket … sort of. The rocket only made it about ten feet off the ...

Click to open image viewer. This is a replica of the world's first liquid-fuel rocket flown by Robert H. Goddard on March 16, 1926 at Auburn, Mass. The rocket, propelled by liquid oxygen and gasoline, ...

March 16 will mark 100 years since the day Robert Goddard, a Worcester native, launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket. Shot off from a field in Auburn, Goddard’s invention laid the groundwork ...