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Mar 21, 1232
Chinese Fire Arrows
A mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal dust produced colorful sparks and smoke when ignited. The powder was used to make fireworks. Tubes of bamboo and leather, closed off at one end, were packed with gunpowder -
Mar 21, 1500
Step Rockets
Created by Johann Schmidlap. It worked by a large rocket carried a smaller rocket. The smaller rocket would continue to a higher altitude after the larger rocket burned out. -
Staged Rocket
Made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz. He used multistage rockets and delta wing stabilizers, and used gunpowder as fuel. -
case-shot rockets and incendiary rockets
Created by Colonel William Congreve. The rockets would spray the enemy with carbine balls and the incendiary rockets were used to burn ships and buildings -
first liquid propellant rocket
Robert Goddard built and flew the world’s first liquid propellant rocket. He developed a gyroscope system to control his rockets in flight, instrumentation payload compartments, and parachute recovery systems. -
Vergeltungswaffe 2 - V2
The rocket was powered by alcohol and liquid oxygen. -
The World’s First Artificial Satellite
The satellite had a spherical design with four antenna. Created by the Soviet Union during the Space Race -
Explorer 1
It was created by the US. The satellite was launched atop the Juno 1, a modified Jupiter-C booster. -
X-15
It was an air-launched rocket plane. It was designed by NASA -
The Space Launch System
The SLS rocket will be the most powerful launch vehicle in history. It is being created by NASA