The experiment lasted only two and a half seconds, but it ignited a century of space exploration that sent humans to low Earth orbit and eventually to the moon. On March 16, 1926, Robert H. Goddard ...

It's been a century since a two-second rocket flight in Massachusetts kicked off the liquid-rocket-fuel revolution. Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945), who directed the flight, is widely considered to be ...

Worcester native Robert Goddard pioneered the first liquid fuel rocket launch 100 years ago on March 16, in a field at his aunt's home in Auburn. Area events are on tap to honor the centennial of the ...

The energy industry refers to the behavior of gasoline prices as “up like a rocket, down like a feather.” By Emmett Lindner There’s a saying in the energy industry that explains how the cost of ...