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Pilatre De Rozier designed and flew the hot air balloon. His idea sparked others ideas to create the airship.
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This was the very first design for an airship. It was to be propelled by man-cranked engines, but this idea was never built.
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This new model was the first full sized airship. Other scientists were inspired by Pierre's idea.
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While Giffard had a hard time steering in the wind, he did prove that flight in calm weather was possible.
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La France was launched by two frenchmen. A more practical design was launched by Giffard later on.
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An airship named Bodensee in Germany was the first airship to provide public transportation and carried almost 2,500 passengers.
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The german airship "Hindenburg" caught fire and was destroyed. This event began a downward spiral for airships, and decreased their popularity significantly.
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The Germans launched the V2, the first space capable rocket.
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The Sputnik launched by the USSR becomes the first satellite in space.
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Yuri Gagarin of the USSR became the first man in space when his Vostok spacecraft orbited the earth.
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Valentina Tereshkova of the USSR became the first woman in space when she completed 48 orbits in the Vostok 6.
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The Apollo 11 carried Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins to the moon and back.
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Shannon Lucid spent seven months aboard the MIR Space Station, logging the most continuous time in space than any other astronaut, male or female.
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Andrea Deyling was the first woman to pilot an airship in America. Her first flight was in the San Francisco Bay area.
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The Falcon Heavy is currently the most powerful operational rocket with the ability to lift into orbit 64 metric tons and is also fully reusable.
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