He proposed a rocket-propelled voyage to the moon 57 years before it happened, and he was issued a patent for a multi-stage rocket in 1914. Less than a decade after the first flight of the ...

Rocket enthusiasts have dreamed for years of “multistage” rockets with detachable sections that drop off, one by one, after their fuel is exhausted. Dr. Robert H. Goddard, U.S. father of ...

Unlike multi-stage rockets, Radian's model has the potential to be a less expensive means of space travel. A company is bringing back to life a NASA concept from decades ago to construct a ...

It is common for UFO sighting reports to spike after launches, due to the colorful orbs, streaks and “spherical clouds” created when multi-stage rockets interact with the atmosphere ...

China's space agency disagrees, saying the rocket stage in question safely reentered and burned up in the atmosphere earlier this year. Many space missions are launched on multi-stage rockets.

It was the most expensive endeavor NASA had ever undertaken, and at 360 feet tall, the Saturn Five multi-stage rocket stood higher than the Statue of Liberty. President Kennedy speaks to an ...

They were building a multi-stage rocket designed to split in half thousands of feet in the air and deploy its payload: a folding drone. The careful machining of parts, 3D printing, soldered ...