Bhargava AERO 201 Airplanes, Aircraft, and Spacecraft

Manufacturer: Wright Brothers

Designation: N/A

Name: Flyer

Year: 1903

Fact: First successfully controlled flight

Manufacturer: Rutan

Designation: N/A

Name: Voyager

Fact: First non-stop, non-fueled flight around the world (9 days and piloted with 2 pilots)

Manufacturer: Ryan

Designation: N-X-211

Name: Spirit of St. Louis

Fact: First solo nonstop transatlantic flight

Manufacturer: Boeing

Designation: B-47

Name: Stratojet

Fact: World’s first swept-wing bomber.  The swept wings led this to be a very fast and formidable bomber. First USAF aircraft to incorporate “fly by wire” primary flight control system.

Manufacturer: Heinkel

Designation: He 178

Name: N/A

Fact: World’s first turbojet powered aircraft.

Manufacturer: Lockheed

Designation: U-2

Name: N/A

Fact: Nicknamed “Dragon Lady”. Designed by Kelly Johnson, head of Skunk Works. World’s most difficult aircraft to fly. High aspect ratio.

Manufacturer: McDonnell

Designation: F-4

Name: Phantom II

Fact: First flew in 1958 and within 31 months became the U.S. Navy’s fastest, highest flying, and longest range fighter. Quickly set 25 world records in speed and altitude since first flight.

Manufacturer: Boeing

Designation: 747

Name: N/A

Fact: First wide-body aircraft ever made. Nicknamed “Queen of the Skies”. Involved in the worst accident in aviation history.

Manufacturer: Boeing

Designation: 787

Name: Dreamliner

Fact: First major commercial aircraft to use composites as the primary material for airframe. Boeing’s most fuel-efficient airliner.

Manufacturer: Academy of Sciences of USSR

Designation: N/A

Name: Sputnik I

Fact: First artificial satellite to orbit the Earth

Manufacturer: Energia

Designation: N/A

Name: Soyuz

Fact: Longest-serving route to space. Have been launched into space for more than 40 years. Components: Orbital Module, Descent Module, and Service Module.

Manufacturer: LM

Designation: N/A

Name: Hubble Space Telescope

Fact: One of the largest versatile telescopes. Observations helped determine the rate of expansion of the universe. Determined the light of the farthest individual star ever seen to date. Optics: Perkin Elmer (Required Patch(es))

Manufacturer: NASA JPL

Designation: N/A

Name: Voyager

Fact: First human-made object to fly past Uranus. First spacecraft to study all four giant planets of the solar system at close range.

Manufacturer: SpaceX

Designation: N/A

Name: Crew Dragon

Fact: First private spacecraft to take humans to the space station.

Manufacturer: SpaceX

Designation: N/A

Name: Cargo Dragon

Fact: Only reusable cargo spacecraft in operation.

Manufacturer: Naval Research Lab

Designation: N/A

Name: Vanguard

Fact: First satellite to have solar electric power. Oldest human-made object still in orbit. Nicknamed “Grapefruit Satellite”.

Manufacturer: Arianespace

Designation: N/A

Name: Ariane 5

Fact: European heavy-lift space launch. Vehicle 112 successes out of 117 launches. Launched the James Webb Space Telescope.

Manufacturer: Boeing, North American, Douglas

Designation: N/A

Name: Saturn V

Fact: Used in Apollo program - launched the Apollo 11 crew. Launched SkyLab. Designed by Werner von Braun.

Manufacturer: Chrysler Corporation

Designation: N/A

Name: Mercury Redstone

Fact: America’s first crewed space booster. Launched the 1st and 2nd American in Space

Manufacturer: McDonnel Aircraft

Designation: N/A

Name: Mercury Atlas

Fact: Launched 3rd American into space. Evolved into one of the world’s premier satellite launches

Manufacturer: SpaceX

Designation: N/A

Name: Starship

Fact: Tallest and most powerful launch vehicle. Fully reusable. Has the largest payload volume of any launch vehicle.

Manufacturer: Rockwell International

Designation: N/A

Name: Space Shuttle

Fact: World’s first reusable space vehicle. Six shuttles: Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavor