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Technology over time

By lcourtney@pleasantville.k12.ia.us
  • Designs for first human glider
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    Designs for first human glider

    Leonardo da Vinci designed and possibly made and tested the first human glider called the ornithopter
  • Worlds first hot air balloon

    Worlds first hot air balloon

    Joseph and Jacques montigolfier made the worlds first hot air balloon
  • First glider to fly long distances

    First glider to fly long distances

    Otto Lilienthal created the first glider able to travel long distances
  • First high altitude glider

    First high altitude glider

    Daniel Moloney was the first to create a high altitude glider reaching 4000 feet in the air it was balloon launched
  • First conventional airplane

    First conventional airplane

    The wright brothers create the first conventional airplane
  • First operational helicopter

    First operational helicopter

    Focke Wulf FW61 was the first operational helicopter although there was only two built
  • First jet airplane

    First jet airplane

    The first jet airplane was the German heinkel HE 178
  • SpaceX launches Tesla Roadster into space

    SpaceX launches Tesla Roadster into space

    SpaceX launched Tesla’s Roadster into space inside the falcon heavy rocket
  • SpaceX plans to send unmanned spaceships to mars

    SpaceX plans to send unmanned spaceships to mars

    SpaceX plans to send two unmanned spaceships to start a greenhouse on mars
  • SpaceX plans to send the first people to mars

    SpaceX plans to send the first people to mars

    In 2024 SpaceX plans to send a manned ship to mars