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The earliest form of gun powder is created by the Chinese. It consists of Charcoal, Sulfur, and Saltpeter
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In 1232 AD, the Chinese Sung Dynasty uses rockets against Mongol Invaders in the Battle of Kai-fung-fu.
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Rockets first appear in Arab Literature. This story describes Mongol Invaders capturing the city of Baghdad.
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Europe steals the recipe for gunpowder an creates rockets of its own. Some of these were used in the Revolutionary War.
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The British 85th Light Infantry used rockets against an American Battalion, commanded by Attorney General Willian Pickney.
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Major General Winfield Scott authorizes the creation of a battalion of rocketeers. This brigade consisted of 150 men armed with 50 rockets each.
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Captain Robert E. Lee commands the Brigade of rocketeers in the battle for Telegraph Hill. 30 rockets were fired and the battle was won!
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American, Robert H. Goddard
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Wernher von Braun's first rocket test is committed in a field
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Following World War II, he was secretly moved to the United States, along with about 1,500 other scientists, engineers, and technicians, as part of Operation Paperclip, where he developed the rockets that launched the United States' first space satellite Explorer 1,
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SkyLab, the space-research station is launched into space at 5:30 PM.
