First Rocket Launches

NASA’s Artemis II rocket back to launch pad

A century after the first rocket launch, Ars staffers pick their favorites

Robert Goddard, a Massachusetts-born physicist, launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket on this date 100 years ago.

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NASA's Artemis II rocket rolls back out to launchpad

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Artemis II rocket returns to launch pad for final checks ahead of next window

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Nasa readies Artemis rocket for launch ahead of first Moon mission in 50 years

Nasa has rolled its Artemis II rocket to the launch pad in Cape Canaveral ahead of a mission to send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than five decades.

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Watch timelapse of Artemis II rocket rollout to launch pad

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Nasa prepares Artemis II rocket for moon launch after delay

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Artemis II rocket rolling to launchpad for NASA moon mission: When is launch date?

NASA is targeting April 1 as the earliest possible launch of the rocket sending NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy...

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Artemis II: How to watch NASA move its Moon rocket to launch pad live

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Artemis II rocket rolls out to KSC launch pad

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2 seconds that changed the world — The 1st liquid-fueled rocket launched 100 years ago today

Robert Goddard launched the 1st liquid-fueled rocket 100 years ago today.

The first modern rocket launched 100 years ago, beginning a century of both innovations and challenges for spaceflight

From World War II to the Apollo era, the space shuttle program and today’s privately developed commercial rockets, the landscape of spaceflight has changed dramatically.

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The world’s first modern rocket launched from a cabbage farm in Massachusetts 100 years ago

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