Goddard examining the engine of a V-2 rocket in April 1945. Careful study of the V-2 shows, however, that the German and American rockets could not have been more different.

Robert H. Goddard, the American father of modern rocketry, built and tested the world's first liquid-fuel rocket in 1926. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is named in his honor.

In 1929, Goddard launched the first rocket with a payload – a camera and a barometer. In 1930, Goddard moved to New Mexico to continue his research in private.

Modern rockets, which use a liquid or solid fuel, didn't come into being until a scientist named Dr. Robert H. Goddard developed and launched the first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926.

Robert Goddard’s 1928 Hoopskirt Rocket Was a (Very) Small Step to the Moon A three-second flight to 204 feet may not sound impressive now, but it was a big deal then.

When Robert Goddard thought he'd figured out how to get humans into space in 1920, the press called his ideas "absurd". Now, his ideas about rocket propulsion will help us create a petrol station ...