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Kazimierz Siemienowicz
In 1650, a Polish artillery expert, Kazimierz Siemienowicz, published a series of drawings for a staged rocket. -
Isaac Newton
During the latter part of the 17th century, the scientific foundations for modern rocketry were laid by the great English scientist Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727). Newton organized his understanding of physical motion into three scientific laws -
Isaac Newton
Perhaps the most far reaching development in rocketry, if not in all of science, occurred in 1687 when Sir Isaac Newton published "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" (Mathematical Principles Of Natural Philosophy) which detailed what became known as the "Universal Laws Of Motion". While Newton did not intend to deal specifically with rocketry, he did apply mathematical models to the natural principles that make rockets work. -
Binary System
1703, Gottfried Leibniz pioneers the binary number system now used in virtually all computers. This made it possible for all the coding in modern space technology. -
Balloon
1783, French Brothers Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier make the first practical hot-air balloon. -
Hermann Oberth
A third great space pioneer, Hermann Oberth (1894-1989) born on June 25, 1894 in Hermannstadt (Transylvania), and died on December 28, 1989 in Nuremberg, Germany, published a book in 1923 about rocket travel into outer space. His writings were important. Because of them, many small rocket societies sprang up around the world. In Germany, the formation of one such society, the Verein fur Raumschiffahrt (Society for Space Travel), led to the development of the V-2 rocket, which was used against Lo -
Pedro A. Paulet
A Peruvian chemical engineer named Pedro A. Paulet is believed to have conducted experiments in Paris using a rocket motor made of vanadium steel beginning in 1895. The work of Paulet may have been well ahead of its time, but in point of fact has never been authenticated.
Reports written years later indicated that Paulet designed a rocket motor that burned a combination of nitrogen peroxide and gasoline. If true, this would credit Paulet as the designer of the first liquid-fueled rocket.
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Robert H. Goddard
Robert created a rocket that was fueled by liquid oxygen and gasoline. This rocket flew 12.5 meters but only flew for 2 seconds. Now that is pathetic, but back then this was a huge accomplishment. -
Warner Von Braun U.S. Army Redstone
This is when the Huntsville team created a rocket known as "Old Reliable." This was an accurate liquid propelled rocket. There first mission was in August 1953. -
Saturn V Launch
The Marshall Center's first major program was development of the Saturn rockets. The Saturn V, first launched on November 9, 1967, was the most powerful member of the Saturn family producing as much power as 85 Hoover Dams. -
First Rocket Lands on Moon.
The first People on Apollo 11 Land and Walk On the Moon. -
President Nixon
President Nixon finally annouces the development of the Space Shuttle. -
Shuttle Retirement
The space shuttle was retired on July 21, 2011. The space shuttle was used for 30 years before retirement. -
Astronauts Now
astronauts still go into space. They go to Russia and use their shuttles. -
Simulation Pool
Since N.A.S.A. stopped the shuttle program the pool used to simulate space work has become smaller.
