History of Rocket Propulsion

Chinese Use Rockets

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The Chinese use rockets as a scare tactic against the Mongolians. The rockets were tubes filled with gunpowder which would fly and explode after the fuse was lit.

Congreve rocket

Mar 30, 1804

-Designed by Sir William Congreve
-Weapon used by the British
-Made of sheet iron and fueled by gunpowder
-Used in Napoleonic Wars, the War of 1812, and the First Anglo-Burmese War

V2 Rocket

Mar 30, 1936

-Made in Nazi Germany
-Made by Von Braun
-Powered by alcohol and liquid oxygen
-Designed for the purpose of war in WWII

Sputnik

Mar 30, 1957

-First rocket in space
-Russian
-Started space race
-The rocket used a gas which pressurized an oxidizer tank to fly

Explorer

Mar 30, 1958

-Designed by Dr. James Van Allen
-First Earth Satelite
-Part of the global space race
-Liquid oxygen, as oxidizer, and "Hydyne" (60% unsymmetrical, dimethylhydrazine and 40% diethylenetriamine), as fuel.

Vostok-K rocket

Mar 30, 1961

-Used RP-1/LOX a refined form of kerosene as fuel
-Carried the first human into space
-Made by Russia
-Made by OKB-1 company

First Liquid-fueled Rocket

Mar 30, 1962

Made by Robert Goddard
Fueled by gasoline and liquid oxygen
Inspired NASA's future rocket designs

Saturn V SA-506

Mar 30, 1969

-Part of the Apollo missions
-Landed the first man on the moon
-Used RP-1/LOX a refined form of kerosene as fuel
-Made by NASA

Titan IIIE

Mar 30, 1977

-Voyager 1 and Voyager 2
-Propelled a satellite that caught pictures of the ends of our galaxy.
-Fueled by solid (Polybutadiene acrylonitrile) which is a copolymer compound
-Manufactured by Martin Marietta

Falcon 9

Mar 30, 2010

-Made by SpaceX
-Used RP-1/LOX a refined form of kerosene as fuel
-One of the latest lines in rocket development used to carry cargo and sateltes into space.