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Jul 24, 1242
Gunpowder is developed
Roger Bacon develops gunpowder -
Drawings for staged rocket
Kazimierz Siemienowicz, a polish artillery expert, published a series of drawings for a staged rocket. -
A two part treatise is published on how to make a rocket
Robert Anderson, an Englishman, published a two treatise on how to make rockets, prepare propellants, and perform the calculations. -
Ship fired Roockets
William Congreive develops ship fired rockets. -
Stickless Rocket
William Hale, a Britissh inventor, invented a stickless rocket -
First science fiction novel.
The first science fiction novel is published by Jules Verne. -
Succesful airplane flight
Wilbur and Orville Wright, two brothers from Ohio, succesfully flew an airplane they had built. -
Liquid fuelled rockets
Robert Guddard creates a design for liquid fuelled rockets. -
First liquid fuelled rocket lauch
Robert Goddard launched the first liquid fuelled rocket and created the foundation for the techonology that would take people to space. -
Rocket with barometer
Robert Goddard launches a rocket carrying a barometer. -
U.S.S.R. liquid rocket engine
Valentin Glusko.a soviet rocket designer, designs U.S.S.R. rocket engine. -
US Mars missions
Twin US Mars missions fail. -
US cancels shuttle replacement
The US cancels shuttle replacements X-33 and X-34 because of cutbacks in the space program. -
US advanced rockets
First launches of US advanced Delta IV and Atlas V commercial rockets. -
Chinese invent gun powder
The Chinese invent a form of gunpowder for rocket propulsion
