Jaxa rocket 03 22 2011

Rocket history

By Sammyibbs
  • Chinese Bamboo Rockets
    Jan 1, 1045

    Chinese Bamboo Rockets

    The first rockets were made by the Chinese. They would fill bamboo shoots with gunpowder then would be lit by placing them in a fire.
  • European Interest in rocketry
    Mar 31, 1258

    European Interest in rocketry

    Italy, Germany, then England. And in a study in 1647 called the art of Gunnery, which contained a 43 page section on rocketry.
  • Rockets Appear in Arab Literature
    Apr 9, 1258

    Rockets Appear in Arab Literature

    A piece of writing was discovered in 1258 A.D that described rockets. Those rockets were being used by mongol invaders.
  • Europeans Start Manufacturing and Testing Rockets

    Europeans Start Manufacturing and Testing Rockets

    The Dutch,and German start comprising a rocket brigade. And start testing rockets.
  • First Military Use of Rocket

    First Military Use of Rocket

    During the battle of Bladensburg the British used a brigade of rockets manned by Attorney General William Pickney against the Americans.
  • First American Use of Rockets

    First American Use of Rockets

    160 men belonging to the Union Army New York Rocket Battalion carried rockets into battle. In Yorktown Virginia they fired rockets at the Confederate army.
  • Use of Rockets in WWI

    Use of Rockets in WWI

    During the first World War the first rockets were fired from an aircraft. They were used to shoot down hydrogen observation balloons.

  • Robert Goddard Launches First Water Powered Rocket

    Robert Goddard launches the liquid powered rocket. Robert himself had designed it and had launched it in his aunts yard.
  • Von Braun Designs A-4

    Von Braun Designs A-4

    Von Braun began to experiment and make rocket prototypes. He finally comes forth with the idea of the A-4 rocket.
  • NASA is Founded

    NASA is Founded

    NASA was created. And two years after Von Braun joins NASA