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 ...

A researcher at Imperial College is testing electric plasma thrusters that use water vapor instead of expensive toxic rocket ...

Goddard had many impressive firsts beyond the first liquid fueled rocket. He was the first to implement a De Laval nozzle on a rocket something that greatly improves rocket efficiency and is used on ...