One hundred years ago yesterday, Robert H. Goddard ignited a small rocket fueled by gasoline and liquid oxygen on a frozen farm in Auburn, Massachusetts. That flight lasted roughly 2.5 seconds. Today, ...

US AFRL and Ursa Major have conducted a flight test of the Affordable Rapid Missile Demonstrator (ARMD), powered by the Draper liquid rocket engine.

Goddard launched the world’s first successful liquid-fueled rocket from a farm in Auburn, Massachusetts.   The rocket was small, only about 10 feet long, and the flight brief, lasting only 2.5 seconds ...

Robert Goddard launched the 1st liquid-fueled rocket 100 years ago today.

100 years after Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, NASA is preparing a return to the moon with the Artemis program.

Storable liquid rocket engine powers AFRL's Affordable Rapid Missile Demonstrator DENVER, March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Ursa Major recently executed a ...

Click to open image viewer. The Merlin 1D engine, with up to 190,000 pounds of thrust, is the powerhouse of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. The engine uses liquid oxygen (LOX) and RP-1 ...

Before humanity sent satellites, telescopes, humans and weapons into space, Robert Goddard experimented with the first liquid ...

Explore the innovative collaboration between LEAP 71 and HBD in creating the largest 3D printed aerospike rocket engine.

Robert Goddard's 1926 launch of the first liquid-fueled rocket, though modest, marked a pivotal moment in rocketry. His foundational principles, including turbopumps and gimbaling engines, are now ...