Jean was carrying not one but two signs: one read “DITCH DOGE” while the other read, “THANK YOU VETERANS” with a bald eagle and an American flag emblazoned on it. Her plan seemed to be to catch the ...

Goddard with his Hoopskirt rocket during a launch attempt in September 1928. The fourth time was the charm for Robert H. Goddard’s “Hoopskirt Rocket,” so named for its resemblance to the ...