ROCKET HISTORY

  1. Who invented the first recorded autonomous self propelled device?

Leonardo Da Vinci 

  1. What was it? 

A cart which was the first driving vehicle and a robot.

  1. What year?

16th Century

  1. Who first used a kind of gunpowder to propel arrows?

The Chinese

  1. What year did the chinese use gunpowder to propel arrows?

A.D. 1232

  1. How did someone turn it into an attempt at space flight?

They used a mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, packed into bamboo and ignited it, causing thrust.

  1. How did this traditional method of chinese rocket making end?

This ended in the creation of the rocket.

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What nation used the “Congreve” rocket in a war situation?

Great Britain and the Americans


Tsiolkovsky – He was a teacher, theorist, astronautics pioneer who wrote and taught about   

human space travel. The father of cosmonautics and human space life

Goddard – American college professor and scientist Robert Goddard built and flew the world’s first liquid propellant rocket on March 16, 1926., experimented with liquid fueled rockets

Oberth – His book explained the mathematics of spaceflight and proposed practical rocket designs and space stations. This and other books inspired a generation of rocketeers.


Von Braun – Created the V2 missile from Germany, directed the German V2 rocket program 



  1. What was the first artificial satellite in space?

Sputnik 1

  1. What year was Sputnik 1 put into Space?

October 4, 1957

  1. Who launched Sputnik 1?

USSR

  1. What did the satellite (Sputnik 1)’s purpose?

To place a radio transmitter into the Earth’s orbit


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Who was the first human in space?

Yuri Gagarin

What Nationality was Yuri Gagarin?

Russian

What year was Yuri launched into Space?

1961

What does the acronym NASA stand for?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

MERCURY - To orbit around the Earth and to follow other spacecraft, was also the U.S. mission designed to put a man into orbit

GEMINI - To fly along missions, orbit around the Earth, to enter Earth's atmosphere, and the effects of outer space, and also to practice spacewalks and docking procedures

APOLLO - Complete a goal set by President JFK on May 25, 1961 to leave and re-enter Earth's atmosphere.

VIKING - To investigate Mars and to search for signs of life.

What year did mankind land on the moon?

1969

The names of two orbiting space stations that have been used in Space Are?

Skylab and International Space Station


What year was a “manned” rocket launched into space?

1961