History of Rockets

By Dainyal
  • 1000

    Heron's Aeolipile

    First known steam turbine. Made by Heron in the 1st century. It was a metal sphere with 2 nozzles, which release water which spins it.
  • Period: 1200 to 1400

    Rocket Experiments

    Through the 13th to the 15th century, many rocket experiments were conducted. Joanes de Fotana designed a surface-running, rocket powered torpedo.
  • 1232

    Chinese Rockets

    Chinese rockets were invented for war in 1232 a.d. They were the first gunpowder powered rockets, made by the Song Dynasty and used for sieges.

  • Staged Rockets

    In 1650, Kazimierz Siemienowicz designed a staged rocket.

  • William Congreve's Rocket

    William Congreve's rocket consisted of an iron case and used black powder. In 1807, the British attacked Copenhagen with 25,000 of his rockets.

  • Tsiolkovsky's Ideas

    Tsiolkovsky came up with designs for the first liquid powered rocket.

  • Liquid Fueled Rocket

    Robert Goddard launched the first liquid fueled rocket in Auburn.

  • First Men in Space

    The Soviet Union sent the first humans into space.

  • First Men on the Moon

    Apollo 11 became the first rocket to land men on the moon.

  • First Reusable Rocket

    NASA created the first reusable rocket in 1981. The STS-1 was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.