From ancient fire arrows in China to modern engines capable of launching skyscraper-sized rockets into space, rocket technology has evolved over more than a thousand years. What started as simple gunpowder experiments has become one of the most powerful technologies ever created.

Everyone thought Robert Goddard was foolish until his controversial invention paved the way for modern space travel

Space travel may seem like a modern phenomenon, but the idea has been around for centuries. A famous author first wrote about the idea in a novel from 1657!

There’s perhaps no better advocate for North Carolina’s higher education system these days than NASA Astronaut Christina Koch. A mission specialist on Artemis II, Koch graduated from the North