NASA to roll its moon rocket back to the launchpad after repairs, aiming for April 1 liftoff

NASA plans to roll its huge moon rocket back to the launch pad on Thursday evening, setting the stage for four astronauts to ...

Ready to roll again, NASA’s workhorse crawler has been hauling rockets since Apollo

When he’s not at work, Sam Dove drives a Chevy Silverado 1500. Dove gets to drive the crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2), which was ...
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Modern rocketry turns 100—and NASA says the best is yet to come

A century after Robert Goddard’s first-ever launch of a liquid-fueled rocket, two NASA experts weigh in on what his legacy ...
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100 years after Goddard, liquid-fueled rockets power NASA’s moon push

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, ...