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Tech Over Time

By LukJohnson
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    First invention

    First invention
    The first ever type of rockets were made. They were called the Chinese arrow rockets because the Chinese made them.

  • Cars powered by jets?

    Cars powered by jets?
    Willem Gravesande built model cars propelled by jets of steam.

  • Congreve Rockets

    Congreve Rockets
    Fort McHenry was destroyed by Congreve rockets made by the British.

  • Space Travel

    Space Travel
    Russian Schoolteacher Konstantin Tsiolkovsky came up with the idea of space travel by rocket.

  • First Flying Rocket

    First Flying Rocket
    Goddard achieved the first gasoline rocket in history.

  • Sound Barrier Broken for the First Time Ever!

    Sound Barrier Broken for the First Time Ever!
    An American Pilot named Chuck Yeager Broke the sound barrier for the first time in the X-1, aka Glamorous Glennis.

  • First Ever Earth-Orbiting Satellite

    First Ever Earth-Orbiting Satellite
    The Soviet Union Launched the first Earth-orbiting satellite

  • The Explorer 1

    The Explorer 1
    The Explorer 1 was launched by the U.S. Army