Transportation

By joe.hook
  • 3500 BCE

    First wheel

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

    Ships

    Ships
    First boats with oars invented.
  • 2000 BCE

    Horses

    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).