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Sep 15, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus wrote his book, which caused a revolution in astronomy, he identified the concept of a helicentric solar system. This means that the sun is the center of our solar system not earth. -
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Rocketry
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Rockets in warfare
During this time military engineers decided to go back and study the use of rockets in combat. This was started by Scientific Revolution -
Newtons Law
Sir Isaac Newton invents the Newton Law. It alowed scientists to explain mathmatical terms, and the motion of every object observed in the universe. -
gun powder rocket
The gun powder rokcet was made and was very important. It was used as a weapon in South Asia. -
First Space Travel Visionary
Konstantine Tsiolkovsky wrote a serries of books and articles on his theorys of space travel and rockets. -
The Shrapnel Rocket is used in combat
The British use this instead of artillery. It shoots in the sky then explodes with pieces of metal, and riffel balls. -
British Bombard Amercian Fort
This was signifiagnt because when the rockets were invading the Fort it was a big deal. It was so signifigant that the phrase "and the rockets red glare" in the Star Spangled- Banner came from this invasion. -
Robert Goddard invents modern rocket
He inents the first prctical modern rocket. Goddard is concidered the Father of American Rocketry. -
The Liquid Propellant Rocket
The arrival changed the face of "strategic warfare" and started the exploration of humans working with smart machines. This invention and the nuclear weapons use were both signifigant technology advances. -
Hale Telescope invented
Very strong telescope that could see very far into space and is still to this day one of the biggest telescopes. -
Einstien's theory of relitivity.
We learn that we live in a space time continuum that is shaped by the mass of objects. so were learning more and more about splace and rockets. -
Space Rocketry born
We start exploring space from not just earth but actually up close. -
Hubble Space Telescope
a space telescope that was lauched into the earths orbit in 1990, and is still functioning -
The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO)
a space observatory detecting light, and it was in space from 1991-2001 -
Improvements in Artillery Technology
rockets focused more on polite speculation, rather than broad military technology. Like the British Royal Army officially declared the Hale rocket obsolete -
Chandra X-ray Observatory
was sent into space in 1999 and has captured many important space photos including the first picture of an exploding star, a flame by a brown dwarf, and a small galaxy -
Space Infrared Telescope Facility
was launched in 2003 and it examined the infrared region of the spectrum.
