Timeline By xXProdigyXx 100 Aeolipile steam rocket on a bearing Period: 100 to Jun 4, 2010 3136 Sep 8, 1300 Rockets and fireworks evolved China. Apr 16, 1448 Koreans invented the World's first gunpowdered rocket launchers Nov 15, 1798 Tipu Sultan develops and uses iron rockets against British Army. Dec 29, 1803 The British Army develops the Congreve rocket Feb 14, 1806 Claude Ruggieri launched animals on rockets Apr 16, 1813 William Moore, first appearance of the rocket equation Oct 10, 1926 Robert Goddard launches the first liquid fuel rocket. Sep 13, 1939 Katyusha multiple rocket launchers built by the Russians May 19, 1942 A V-2 rocket becomes the first man-made object in space. Aug 31, 1942 Case bonded castable solid rocket motors[2] May 15, 1945 Lothar Sieber dies vertical take-off manned rocket flight May 20, 1957 The USSR launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite Sep 13, 1957 Launch of the first ICBM, the USSR's R-7 (8K71), known to NATO as the SS-6 Sapwood. Jan 1, 1958 The U.S. launches Explorer 1, the first American artificial satellite, on a Jupiter-C rocke Oct 3, 1958 US launches their first ICBM, the Atlas-B Apr 12, 1961 The USSR launches Vostok 1, Yuri Gagarin Feb 20, 1962 The US launches Mercury MA-6 Jun 8, 1963 US X-15 rocket-plane, Jun 16, 1963 The USSR launches Vostok 6 Nov 15, 1965 USSR Proton rocket Feb 3, 1966 USSR Luna 9 Oct 26, 1968 USSR launches Soyuz spacecraft Jun 20, 1969 US Apollo 11 Oct 15, 1998 Russia launch Zarya module Oct 24, 1998 US Deep Space 1 Aug 12, 2001 Russian Soyuz spacecraft May 20, 2004 - US-based, first privately developed, manned (suborbital) spaceflight, SpaceShipOne demonstrates reusability Jun 4, 2010 SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched
