Rocket

Engineering: History of Rocket Propulsion

By hcps-pandess
  • Chinese fire arrows
    Apr 15, 1232

    Chinese fire arrows

    The first rockets were invented by the Chinese. They were used as weapons against the Mongols.
  • First Multi-Staged Rocket

    First Multi-Staged Rocket

    Johann Schmidlap, a German fireworks maker, invents the two-stage rocket to reach higher altitudes.
  • Newton's Laws of Motion Published

    Newton's Laws of Motion Published

    Sir Isaac Newton lays the foundations of rockets by publishing his three laws of motion in the book Principia.
  • Spin Stabilisation Invented

    Spin Stabilisation Invented

    Jet vents are designed on an angle, making the rocket spin, much like a bullet, making them more stable and accurate
  • Successful Liquid-Propellant Rocket

    Successful Liquid-Propellant Rocket

    American Robert Goddard flies a rocket powered by liquid oxygen and gasoline
  • V-2 Rockets

    V-2 Rockets

    Ballistic missiles that were developed by German engineer Wernher Von Braun and this is the first rocket capable of reaching space
  • First Satellite- Sputnik 1

    First Satellite- Sputnik 1

    The Soviet Union launches the first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite
  • First American Satellite Launches

    First American Satellite Launches

    Jet Propulsion Laboratories launch Explorer 1, America's first satellite
  • NASA Founded

    NASA Founded

    The United States formally organizes its space program
  • Russian Luna 1 Probe to Moon

    Russian Luna 1 Probe to Moon

    Successful launch of Luna 1 by the Russians