Transportation

By joe.hook
  • First wheel
    3500 BCE

    First wheel

    First wheels figured out how to be used for carts and chariots.
  • Ships
    3500 BCE

    Ships

    First boats with oars invented.
  • Horses
    2000 BCE

    Horses

    Horses are domesticated, major innovation in transportation.
  • Steam engine refined

    Steam engine refined

    James Watt refined the steam engine, paving way for faster methods of transportation by road and sea, and also the development of the railway.
  • Internal combustion engine

    Internal combustion engine

    Francois Isaac de Rivaz invented the first hydrogen gas powered engine.
  • Motor Car

    Motor Car

    Karl Benz invents the first lightweight car ran on gasoline that could travel far distances.
  • First powered airplane flight

    First powered airplane flight

    Wilbur and Orville Wright piloted the first airplane.
  • Rocket Propulsion

    Rocket Propulsion

    Robert Goddard developed the mathematical theories of rocket propulsion.
  • Jet engine

    Jet engine

    Hans von Ohain and Frank Whittle co-invented first jet engine used to power aircraft.
  • First man-made object orbits the earth

    First man-made object orbits the earth

    The Soviet Union launched the first satellite Sputnik into orbit.
  • First manned moon landing and moon walk

    First manned moon landing and moon walk

    Apollo 11 successfully lands on moon.
  • Reusable space shuttle

    Reusable space shuttle

    Made to carry large objects such as satellites into orbit, and bring them back to land.
  • Roadable aircraft

    Roadable aircraft

    A hybrid vehicle with the capability of flight, and the option of driving on the road.
  • Unmanned space plane

    Unmanned space plane

    Reusable unmanned space plane boosted into orbit that can land as a space plane. Also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV).