A century after the first rocket launch, Ars staffers pick their favorites

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

The world’s first modern rocket launched from a cabbage farm in Massachusetts 100 years ago

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

The first modern rocket launched 100 years ago, beginning a century of both innovations and challenges for spaceflight

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

Robert Goddard's rocket launch celebrated 100 years later

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

The first liquid fueled rocket was launched 100 years ago today

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

A scientist in Massachusetts launched the world's first modern rocket 100 years ago

One hundred years ago, Robert Goddard fired the first modern rocket. The launch, on what is now a golf course in Auburn, Massachusetts, paved the way for space exploration and much more.