Rockets & SpaceflightRockets & Spaceflight

Black Powder RocketsBlack Powder RocketsChinese - Sung Dyansty (960-1276 AD) ????Chinese - Sung Dyansty (960-1276 AD) ????Sir William CongreaveSir William Congreave

British InventorBuilt Rockets Which Were Used Against Napolean

(1809)

Stability - Stabilizing StockStability - Stabilizing StockDangerousDangerousPoor AccuracyPoor AccuracyHarpooning WhalesHarpooning Whales

Jules Verne & H.G. WellsJules Verne & H.G. Wells

Robert Robert GoddardGoddard

American PhysicistAmerican Physicist First Successful First Successful

Liquid-Fuel RocketLiquid-Fuel Rocket March 16, 1929March 16, 1929 Very SecretiveVery Secretive

German German RocketsRockets

Pulse JetPulse JetDescribed - 1909Described - 1909Patent - 1931Patent - 1931

Paul Schmidt

German V-1 - “Buzz Bomb”German V-1 - “Buzz Bomb” Peenemunde, Baltic Coast First Flight - 1942

German V-2 (Shown)German V-2 (Shown)Werner von BraunWerner von BraunFirst Flight -1944First Flight -19441100 Hit England1100 Hit EnglandLiquid Fuel RocketLiquid Fuel RocketAllied Bombers (200:1)Allied Bombers (200:1)

New York ??????New York ??????

US Versus USSRUS Versus USSRGreatest Prize Of WW IIGreatest Prize Of WW II

German Rocket TechnologyGerman Rocket TechnologyUSUS

von Braun’s Scientists Surrendered To Alliesvon Braun’s Scientists Surrendered To AlliesPeenemunde Technical ArchivesPeenemunde Technical ArchivesV-2 HardwareV-2 Hardware

USSRUSSROccupied PeenemundeOccupied PeenemundeV-2 Production PlantsV-2 Production PlantsV-2 TechniciansV-2 Technicians

US WonUS Won

USSR Space MilestonesUSSR Space Milestones

First Satellite - Sputnik IFirst Satellite - Sputnik I October 4, 1957October 4, 1957

First Man In SpaceFirst Man In Space April 12, 1961April 12, 1961

First Woman In SpaceFirst Woman In Space June 16, 1963June 16, 1963

Disaster - April 1967Disaster - April 1967 Re-EntryRe-Entry

Salyut I - 1971Salyut I - 1971 Salyut 6 - 1980Salyut 6 - 1980

Refueled By “ProgressRefueled By “Progress

US Space MilestonesUS Space Milestones Vanguard Destroyed - Public ViewVanguard Destroyed - Public View

December 6, 1957December 6, 1957

First In Space - Alan ShepardFirst In Space - Alan Shepard First To Orbit - John Glenn (1962)First To Orbit - John Glenn (1962) First SpacewalkFirst Spacewalk

Gemini - 1965, 1966Gemini - 1965, 1966

Disaster - January 1967Disaster - January 1967 Grissom, White, ChafeeGrissom, White, Chafee

First Man On Moon - Apollo 11First Man On Moon - Apollo 11 Neil ArmstrongNeil Armstrong Saturn VSaturn V

Firrst Shuttle Flight - April 1981Firrst Shuttle Flight - April 1981 Disaster - January 1986Disaster - January 1986

ChallengerChallenger