WORCESTER ― The countdown is on for the centennial to celebrate 100 years since Worcester physicist, engineer, teacher, inventor and the "Father of Modern Rocketry" Robert H. Goddard's first ...

Less than a century ago, astronomers relied entirely on ground-based observations to further scientific study. Today, descendants of that first liquid-fueled rocket provide eyes on cosmic phenomena, ...

The inventor’s handmade tools are now museum artifacts. Colleen Anderson Robert Goddard, an American physicist and inventor, built many of his early rockets at his workshop in Roswell, New Mexico.

AUBURN — It wasn’t quite a launch into space — more of a slight lift onto a flatbed. A 34-foot high Polaris A2 rocket, which had been proudly standing in Robert H. Goddard Park for 55 years, was ...