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.

Goddard with his Hoopskirt rocket during a launch attempt in September 1928. The fourth time was the charm for Robert H. Goddard’s “Hoopskirt Rocket,” so named for its resemblance to the ...

A pair of NASA spacecraft know as the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) to be launched to Mars ...

The donor, Robert Hutchings Goddard, had consigned his creation to an express company in Roswell, New Mexico, on November 2. "The rocket has been greased inside and out," he explained to ...

GREENBELT — The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Prince George’s County faces deep Trump administration budget reductions that could cut the nation’s space science mission in half ...

Budget passback documents reportedly suggest the White House wants to cut NASA's budget by half — possibly closing down ...

One such figure was Robert H Goddard, the American engineer who built and launched the world’s first liquid-fuelled rocket. Goddard, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1882, also had a deep ...

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) was founded in 1959 at Greenbelt, Maryland. It launched its first weather satellite SIROS in 1960. GSFC at Greenbelt has 1121 acres for its 50 facilities.

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 ...