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

Nevertheless, this rocket, named “Nell,” represented a historic achievement that would help launch the modern age of ...
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How did the Space Shuttle launch work?

Explore the intricate journey and technology of the Space Shuttle program, including launch procedures, primarily at Kennedy ...

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

Apollo 11 first landed astronauts on the Moon in 1969, but the journey to the lunar surface actually began 43 years before, in snowy Massachusetts. Exactly 100 years ago, on March 16, 1926, Robert H.