Fifty years before Sputnik, Dr. Robert Goddard dreamed of sending rockets into space. In his autobiography, Robert Goddard wrote about an inspiration he had as a boy of making a device that would fly ...

HERE IS HOW THEY’RE GETTING THAT DONE. >> H ’E'S CONSIDERED THE FATHER OF MODERN ROCKET PROPULSION. AND NOW THE CHILDHDOO HOME OF DR. ROBERT GODDARD HAS BEEN BOUGHT WITH PLANS TO TURN IT INTO A MUSEUM ...

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 wire-frame ...

Launches of liquid-fueled rockets may be relatively routine today, but 90 years ago, they were brand-new. In fact, the first liquid-fueled rocket launched on March 16, 1926, under the direction of ...

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 had ...