Ninety years ago today, on March 16, 1926, Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) launched the world’s first liquid-propellant rocket. His rickety contraption, with its combustion chamber and nozzle on top, ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This device is the oldest surviving liquid-propellant rocket in the world. It was designed and built by U.S. rocket ...