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Science and exploration

By Rc20019

  • First Exposition of Rocket Mechanics

    First Exposition of Rocket Mechanics
    The English mathmetition William Moore published "treatise on the motion of rockets". It is about Newton's third law and how a rocket is based on that.

  • Exploration of cosmic space

    Exploration of cosmic space
    Russian scientist publishes the exploration of cosmic space and is about the reaction devices. The most theoretically possible case.

  • First American rocket it space

    First American rocket it space
    The United States launches the first rocket into space. Rocket reaches the edge of space at an altitude of 50 miles after being launched from the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico.

  • First satellite

    First satellite
    The Soviet Union launches the first artificial satellite. Weighs about 184 pounds circles the globe in signals. Triggers the race between them and the United States.

  • Moon landing

    Moon landing
    The first humans set foot on the moon. It was a challenge between Russia and untitled states to get the first people on the moon. The American flag was put on the moon and will remain.

  • Saturn

    Saturn
    Voyager 2 arrives at Saturn. It send back pictures of Saturn.

  • First Venus soil samples

    First Venus soil samples
    A space craft lands on Venus and sends back samples of venus's soil.

  • Hubble space telescope

    Hubble space telescope
    When the first pictures were sent in they were fuzzy and blurry. People thought it was a joke. Hubble got fixed and became the best thing for scientists. It is the most powerful telescope ever created.