On March 16, 1926, the first liquid-fueled rocket launched from Massachusetts.

For more than half a century, spaceflight has meant towering chemical rockets, disposable stages and cramped capsules perched on top. The approach has worked spectacularly for reaching orbit and the Moon, but it is increasingly clear that the same playbook ...

Robert Goddard is known as the father of modern rocketry, but at the time, many people mocked his ideas around space exploration.

Researchers have detected measurable traces left in the upper atmosphere when a rocket stage burns up, finding about ten times more lithium atoms than normal at around 96 kilometres, roughly 20 hours after re-entry.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, flight engineer, pose for a photo in the Cupola of the International Space Station.

The weekend of March 14th, 2026 marks the 100th anniversary of the first liquid-fueled rocket launch in the Worcester area. The weekend contains celebrations of the first launch, details can be found at The First Launch Centennial. Robert Goddard's story is below:

Ascension Catholic School held its 3rd annual 'Space Day,' featuring speeches from space professionals, and even student rocket launches.