Development of Transportation By teamSlayerz Period: May 25, 700 to May 25, 2012 History of Transportation May 25, 770 Iron Horshoes are in common use These come in to use in this year Jan 27, 1662 Blaise Pascal invents a horse-drawn public bus which has a regular route,schedule, and fare system Jul 25, 1740 Jacques de Vaucanson demonstrates his clockwork poweredcarriage Aug 3, 1769 Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot's demonstrates his "steam wagon", arguably the first functional automobile Jul 26, 1783 Joseph Montgolfier and Étienne Montgolfier launch the first hot air balloons Aug 5, 1783 Leonardo da Vinci describes a flying machine May 25, 1804 Richard Trevithick builds a prototype steam powered railroad locomotive. Oliver Evans demonstrates a steam powered amphibious vehicle. Oct 27, 1807 Isaac de Rivas makes a hydrogen gas powered vehicle May 25, 1814 George Stephenson builds the first practical steam powered railroad locomotive May 25, 1816 The most likely originator of the bicycle is German Baron Karl von Drais, who rode his 1816 machine while collecting taxes from his tenants. May 25, 1853 Sir George Cayley builds and demonstrates the first heavier-than-air aircraft (a glider) Mar 28, 1862 Jean Lenoir makes a gasoline-engine automobile May 25, 1868 George Westinghouse invents the compressed Air brake (rail) for railway trains. Mar 29, 1900 Ferdinand von Zeppelin builds the first successful airship May 25, 1903 Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright fly the first motor-driven airplane Aug 10, 1903 Small Diesel engine tested in a canal Boat by Rudolph Diesel, Adrian Bochet and Frederic Dyckhoff May 25, 1908 Henry Ford develops the assembly line method of automobile manufacturing Oct 3, 1911 Selandia launched, the first oceangoing, diesel engine driven ship Nov 5, 1926 Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket Apr 5, 1942 V2 rocket covers a distance of 200 km Apr 21, 1947 First supersonic flight Jul 18, 1957 Sputnik 1, the first man-made satellite to be launched into orbit Mar 26, 1961 Vostok 1, the first manned space mission, made 2 orbits around the earth. Dec 21, 1969 First manned mission to the Moon Nov 27, 1981 First flight of the space shuttle Sep 30, 2004 SpaceShipOne first commercial manned space flight.