{"id":25519779,"date":"2022-04-08T22:53:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T17:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/?p=25519779"},"modified":"2022-04-11T15:04:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T09:34:24","slug":"timeline-of-rocket-and-missile-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/timeline-of-rocket-and-missile-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline of Rocket and Missile Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69d4bac09c96f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69d4bac09c96f\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/timeline-of-rocket-and-missile-technology\/#Missiles_technology\" >Missiles technology<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/timeline-of-rocket-and-missile-technology\/#17th_century_19th_century\" >17th century ~ 19th century<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/timeline-of-rocket-and-missile-technology\/#20th_century\" >20th century<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/timeline-of-rocket-and-missile-technology\/#21st_century\" >21st century<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"11th_century\" class=\"mw-headline\">The availability of black powder (gunpowder) to propel projectiles was a precursor to the development of the first solid rocket. Ninth century Chinese Taoist <span class=\"new\" title=\"Alchemy (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvQWxjaGVteT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">alchemists<\/span>\u00a0invented black powder while searching for the\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Elixir of life (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRWxpeGlyX29mX2xpZmU\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">Elixir of life<\/span>; this invention led to experiments in the form of weapons such as bombs, cannon, incendiary fire arrows and rocket-propelled fire arrows.11th century<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25518905 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"GK and Current Affairs\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1.png 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>11th century AD &#8211; The first documented record of gunpowder and the fire arrow, an early form of rocketry, appears in the Chinese text Wujing Zongyao.<i><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3MWTnuS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grab latest study materials! Register here..<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"b_module_expansion\">\n<div class=\"b_expansion_wrapper b_collapse b_onpage_expansion\" role=\"button\">\n<h2 class=\"b_expansion_text b_1linetrunc\" aria-label=\"What is missiles technology?\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Missiles_technology\"><\/span><strong>Missiles technology<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"wire3\" class=\"b_expandable_inline_container\" data-rinterval=\"-1\" data-errormessage=\"We can't find any more info about this page right now\">\n<div class=\"df_alsocon b_primtxt\" data-tag=\"RelatedQnA.ItemDetails\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"rwrl rwrl_small rwrl_padref\">Missile Technology \u2013 The Weapon Of Destruction The word \u201cMissile\u201d refers to any object which is thrown at a specific target. In military science missile is defined more precisely as an unmanned vehicle carrying a warhead with certain payloads towards a specific target.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/yv45\/8wer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt GK quiz, Download Entri App<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"17th_century_19th_century\"><\/span><span id=\"17th_century_~_19th_century\"><\/span><strong><span id=\"17th_century_.7E_19th_century\" class=\"mw-headline\">17th century ~ 19th century<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1633 &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Lag\u00e2ri Hasan \u00c7elebi (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvTGFnJUMzJUEycmlfSGFzYW5fJUMzJTg3ZWxlYmk\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">Lag\u00e2ri Hasan \u00c7elebi<\/span>\u00a0launched a 7-winged rocket using 50 okka (140\u00a0lbs) of gunpowder from Sarayburnu, the point below\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Topkap\u0131 Palace (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvVG9wa2FwJUM0JUIxX1BhbGFjZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">Topkap\u0131 Palace<\/span>\u00a0in Istanbul.<sup id=\"cite_ref-refLAGARI_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>1650 &#8211;\u00a0<i>Artis Magnae Artilleriae pars prima<\/i> (&#8220;Great Art of Artillery, the First Part&#8221;) is printed in Amsterdam, about a year before the death of its author, Kazimierz Siemienowicz.<\/li>\n<li>1664 &#8211; A &#8220;space rocket&#8221; is imagined as a future technology to be studied in France and its drawing is ordered by French finance minister Colbert; designed by <span class=\"new\" title=\"Charles Le Brun (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvQ2hhcmxlc19MZV9CcnVuP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">Le Brun<\/span>\u00a0on a\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Gobelins manufactory (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvR29iZWxpbnNfbWFudWZhY3Rvcnk\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">Gobelins<\/span> tapestry\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0(see:\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"French space program (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRnJlbmNoX3NwYWNlX3Byb2dyYW0\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">French space program<\/span>)<\/li>\n<li>1798 &#8211; Tipu Sultan, the King of the state of Mysore in India, develops and uses iron rockets against the British Army (see Mysorean rockets).<\/li>\n<li>1801 &#8211; The British Army develops the Congreve rocket based on weapons used against them by Tipu Sultan.<\/li>\n<li>1806 &#8211; Claude Ruggieri, an Italian living in France, launched animals on rockets and recovered them using parachutes. He was prevented from launching a child by police.<sup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>1813 &#8211; &#8220;A Treatise on the Motion of Rockets&#8221; by\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"William Moore (British mathematician) (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvV2lsbGlhbV9Nb29yZV8oQnJpdGlzaF9tYXRoZW1hdGljaWFuKT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">William Moore<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 first appearance of the\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Rocket equation (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvUm9ja2V0X2VxdWF0aW9uP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">rocket equation<\/span><\/li>\n<li>1818 &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Henry Trengrouse (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvSGVucnlfVHJlbmdyb3VzZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">Henry Trengrouse<\/span>\u00a0demonstrates his rocket apparatus for projecting a lifeline from a wrecked ship to the shore, later widely adopted<\/li>\n<li>1844 &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"William Hale (British inventor) (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvV2lsbGlhbV9IYWxlXyhCcml0aXNoX2ludmVudG9yKT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">William Hale<\/span>\u00a0invents the\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Spin-stabilisation (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvU3Bpbi1zdGFiaWxpc2F0aW9uP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">spin-stabilized<\/span>\u00a0rocket<\/li>\n<li>1865 &#8211; Jules Verne publishes\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"From the Earth to the Moon (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRnJvbV90aGVfRWFydGhfdG9fdGhlX01vb24\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">From the Earth to the Moon<\/span> as a humorous science fantasy story about a space gun launching a manned spacecraft equipped with rockets for landing on the Moon, but eventually used for another <span class=\"new\" title=\"Orbital maneuver (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvT3JiaXRhbF9tYW5ldXZlcj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">orbital maneuver<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/yv45\/8wer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt GK quiz, Download Entri App<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25518905 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"GK and Current Affairs\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1.png 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"20th_century\"><\/span><strong><span id=\"20th_century\" class=\"mw-headline\">20th century<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1902 &#8211; French cinema pioneer\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Georges M\u00e9li\u00e8s (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvR2Vvcmdlc19NJUMzJUE5bGklQzMlQThzP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">Georges M\u00e9li\u00e8s<\/span>\u00a0directs\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"A Trip to the Moon (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvQV9UcmlwX3RvX3RoZV9Nb29uP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">A Trip to the Moon<\/span>, the first movie about space travel.<\/li>\n<li>1903 &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvS29uc3RhbnRpbl9Uc2lvbGtvdnNreT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">Konstantin Tsiolkovsky<\/span> begins a series of papers discussing the use of rocketry to reach outer space, space suits, and colonization of the <span class=\"new\" title=\"Solar system (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvU29sYXJfc3lzdGVtP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">solar system<\/span>. Two key points discussed in his works are liquid fuels and staging.<\/li>\n<li>1913 &#8211; Without knowing the work of Russian mathematician\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvS29uc3RhbnRpbl9Uc2lvbGtvdnNreT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">Konstantin Tsiolkovsky<\/span>, French engineer\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Robert Esnault-Pelterie (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvUm9iZXJ0X0VzbmF1bHQtUGVsdGVyaWU\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">Robert Esnault-Pelterie<\/span>\u00a0derived the equations for space flight, produced a paper that presented the\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Rocket equation (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvUm9ja2V0X2VxdWF0aW9uP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">rocket equation<\/span>\u00a0and calculated the energies required to reach the Moon and nearby planets.<sup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>1922 &#8211; Hermann Oberth publishes his scientific work about rocketry and space exploration: <i>Die Rakete zu den Planetenr\u00e4umen<\/i>\u00a0(&#8220;By Rocket into Planetary Space&#8221;).<\/li>\n<li>1924 &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Society for Studies of Interplanetary Travel (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvU29jaWV0eV9mb3JfU3R1ZGllc19vZl9JbnRlcnBsYW5ldGFyeV9UcmF2ZWw\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">Society for Studies of Interplanetary Travel<\/span>\u00a0founded in Moscow by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky,\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Friedrich Zander (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRnJpZWRyaWNoX1phbmRlcj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">Friedrich Zander<\/span>\u00a0and 200 other space and rocket experts<\/li>\n<li>1926 &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Robert Goddard (scientist) (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvUm9iZXJ0X0dvZGRhcmRfKHNjaWVudGlzdCk\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">Robert Goddard<\/span>\u00a0launches the first liquid fuel rocket.<\/li>\n<li>1927 &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Verein f\u00fcr Raumschiffahrt (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvVmVyZWluX2YlQzMlQkNyX1JhdW1zY2hpZmZhaHJ0P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">Verein f\u00fcr Raumschiffahrt<\/span>\u00a0(VfR &#8211; &#8220;Spaceflight Society&#8221;) founded in Germany.<\/li>\n<li>1929 &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Woman in the Moon (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvV29tYW5faW5fdGhlX01vb24\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">Woman in the Moon<\/span>, considered to be one of the first &#8220;serious&#8221; science fiction films.<\/li>\n<li>1931 &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Friedrich Schmiedl (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRnJpZWRyaWNoX1NjaG1pZWRsP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">Friedrich Schmiedl<\/span>\u00a0attempts the first\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Rocket mail (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvUm9ja2V0X21haWw\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">rocket mail<\/span> service in Austria<\/li>\n<li>1935 &#8211; Emilio Herrera Linares from Spain designed and made the first full-pressured astronaut suit, called the escafandra estraton\u00e1utica. The Russians then used a model of Herrera&#8217;s suit when first flying into space of which the Americans would then later adopt when creating their own space program.<\/li>\n<li>1937 &#8211; Peenemunde Army Research Center founded in Germany<\/li>\n<li>1938 &#8211; The Projectile Development Establishment founded at Fort Halstead for the United Kingdom&#8217;s research into military <span class=\"new\" title=\"Solid-propellant rocket (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvU29saWQtcHJvcGVsbGFudF9yb2NrZXQ\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">solid-fuel rockets<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>1939 &#8211; Katyusha multiple rocket launchers (<span class=\"new\" title=\"Russian language (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvUnVzc2lhbl9sYW5ndWFnZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">Russian<\/span>:\u00a0<span lang=\"ru\">\u041a\u0430\u0442\u044e\u0448\u0430<\/span>) are a type of rocket artilliary first built and fielded by the Soviet Union.<\/li>\n<li>1941 &#8211; French rocket\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"EA-41 (rocket) (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRUEtNDFfKHJvY2tldCk\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">EA-41<\/span>\u00a0is launched, being the first European\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Rocket propellant (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvUm9ja2V0X3Byb3BlbGxhbnQ\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">liquid propellant<\/span>\u00a0working rocket<sup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/military-history.fandom.com\/wiki\/Timeline_of_rocket_and_missile_technology?msclkid=2f5d93ceb69411ecab823b74983e1344#cite_note-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>1941 &#8211; Jet Assisted Take Off JATO installed on US Army Air Corp Ercoupe aircraft occurred on 12 August in March Field, California.<\/li>\n<li>1942 &#8211; Wernher Von Braun and Walter Dornberger launch the first V-2 rocket at Peenem\u00fcnde in northern Germany.<\/li>\n<li>1942 &#8211; A V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 85\u00a0km.<\/li>\n<li>1944 &#8211; The V-2 rocket\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"MW 18014 (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvTVdfMTgwMTQ\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">MW 18014<\/span>\u00a0reaches an altitude of 176\u00a0km, becoming the first man-made object in space.<\/li>\n<li>1945 &#8211; Lothar Sieber dies after the first vertical take-off manned rocket flight in a Bachem Ba 349 &#8220;Natter&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>1945 &#8211; Operation Paperclip takes 1,600 German rocket scientists and technicians to the United States<\/li>\n<li>1945 &#8211; Operation Osoaviakhim takes 2,000 German rocket scientists and technicians to the Soviet Union<\/li>\n<li>1946 &#8211; First flight of the Nike Missile, later the first operationalsurface-to-air guided missile.<\/li>\n<li>1947 &#8211; Chuck Yeager achieves the first manned supersonic flight in a Bell X-1 rocket-powered aircraft<\/li>\n<li>1949 &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Willy Ley (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvV2lsbHlfTGV5P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">Willy Ley<\/span>\u00a0publishes\u00a0<i>The Conquest of Space<\/i><\/li>\n<li>1952 &#8211; 22 May, French\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"V\u00e9ronique (rocket) (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvViVDMyVBOXJvbmlxdWVfKHJvY2tldCk\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">V\u00e9ronique 1<\/span> rocket is launched from the Algerian desert.<\/li>\n<li>1952 &#8211; Wernher von Braun discusses the technical details of a manned exploration of Mars in\u00a0<i><span class=\"new\" title=\"Das Marsprojekt (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRGFzX01hcnNwcm9qZWt0P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">Das Marsprojekt<\/span><\/i>.<\/li>\n<li>1953 &#8211; Colliers Magazine publishes a series of articles on man&#8217;s future in space, igniting the interest of people around the world. The series includes numerous articles by Ley and von Braun, illustrated by Chesley Bonestell.<\/li>\n<li>1956 &#8211; First launch of PGM-17 Thor, the first US ballistic missile and forerunner of the <span class=\"new\" title=\"Delta (rocket family) (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRGVsdGFfKHJvY2tldF9mYW1pbHkpP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">Delta space launch rockets<\/span><\/li>\n<li>1957 &#8211; Launch of the first ICBM, the USSR&#8217;s <span class=\"new\" title=\"R-7 rocket (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvUi03X3JvY2tldD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">R-7 (8K71)<\/span>, known to NATO as the SS-6 <i>Sapwood<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li>1957 &#8211; The USSR launches\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Sputnik 1 (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvU3B1dG5pa18xP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">Sputnik 1<\/span>, the first artificial satellite.<\/li>\n<li>1958 &#8211; The U.S. launches\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Explorer 1 (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRXhwbG9yZXJfMT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">Explorer 1<\/span>, the first American artificial satellite, on a\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Jupiter-C (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvSnVwaXRlci1DP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">Jupiter-C<\/span>\u00a0rocket.<\/li>\n<li>1958 &#8211; US launches their first ICBM, the Atlas-B (the Atlas-A was a test article only).<\/li>\n<li>1961 &#8211; the USSR launches\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Vostok 1 (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvVm9zdG9rXzE\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">Vostok 1<\/span>, Yuri Gagarin reached a height of 327 km above Earth and was the first man to orbit earth.<\/li>\n<li>1961 &#8211; US, a\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Mercury program (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvTWVyY3VyeV9wcm9ncmFtP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">Mercury<\/span>\u00a0capsule named\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Freedom 7 (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRnJlZWRvbV83P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">Freedom 7<\/span> with Alan B. Shepherd, spacecraft was launched by a <span class=\"new\" title=\"Redstone (rocket) (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvUmVkc3RvbmVfKHJvY2tldCk\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">Redstone rocket<\/span>\u00a0on a ballistic trajectory\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Suborbital flight (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvU3Vib3JiaXRhbF9mbGlnaHQ\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">suborbital flight<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>1962 &#8211; The US launches Mercury MA-6 (<span class=\"new\" title=\"Friendship 7 (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRnJpZW5kc2hpcF83P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">Friendship 7<\/span>) on an\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Atlas (rocket family) (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvQXRsYXNfKHJvY2tldF9mYW1pbHkpP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">Atlas D<\/span> booster, John Glenn finally puts America in orbit.<\/li>\n<li>1963 &#8211; The USSR launches Vostok 6, Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman (and first civilian) to orbit earth. She remained in space for nearly three days and orbited the earth 48 times.<\/li>\n<li>1963 &#8211; US X-15 rocket-plane, the first reusable manned spacecraft (suborbital) reaches space, pioneering reusability, carried launch and glide landings.<\/li>\n<li>1965 &#8211; USSR Proton rocket, highly successful launch vehicle with notable payloads, Salyut 6 &amp; Salyut 7, Mir &amp; ISS components<\/li>\n<li>1965 &#8211; Robert Salked investigates various single stage to orbit spaceplane concepts<sup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-8\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>1966 &#8211; USSR\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Luna 9 (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvTHVuYV85P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">Luna 9<\/span>, the first soft landing on the Moon<\/li>\n<li>1966 &#8211; USSR launches\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Soyuz spacecraft (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvU295dXpfc3BhY2VjcmFmdD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">Soyuz<\/span>\u00a0spacecraft, longest-running series of spacecraft, eventually serving Soviet, Russian and International space missions.<\/li>\n<li>1969 &#8211; US\u00a0<i>Apollo 11<\/i>, first men on the Moon, first lunar surface extravehicular activity.<\/li>\n<li>1981 &#8211; US space shuttle pioneers reusability and glide landings<\/li>\n<li>1998 &#8211; US\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Deep Space 1 (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRGVlcF9TcGFjZV8xP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">Deep Space 1<\/span>\u00a0is first deep space mission to use an\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Ion thruster (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvSW9uX3RocnVzdGVyP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">ion thruster<\/span>\u00a0for propulsion.<\/li>\n<li>1998 &#8211; Russia launch\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Zarya (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvWmFyeWE\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">Zarya<\/span>\u00a0module which is the first part of the International Space Station.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3MWTnuS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grab latest study materials! Register here..<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"21st_century\"><\/span><span id=\"21st_century\" class=\"mw-headline\">21st century<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2001 &#8211; Russian\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Soyuz spacecraft (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvU295dXpfc3BhY2VjcmFmdD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">Soyuz<\/span>\u00a0spacecraft sent the first space tourist\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Dennis Tito (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRGVubmlzX1RpdG8\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">Dennis Tito<\/span>\u00a0to International Space Station.<sup id=\"cite_ref-9\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>2004 &#8211; US-based, first privately developed, manned (suborbital) spaceflight,\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"SpaceShipOne (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvU3BhY2VTaGlwT25lP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">SpaceShipOne<\/span>\u00a0demonstrates reusability.<sup id=\"cite_ref-ft_10-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>2008 &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"SpaceX (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvU3BhY2VYP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">SpaceX<\/span>\u2014with their\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Falcon 1 (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRmFsY29uXzE\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">Falcon 1<\/span>\u00a0rocket\u2014became the first\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Private spaceflight (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvUHJpdmF0ZV9zcGFjZWZsaWdodD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">private entity<\/span>\u00a0to successfully launch a rocket into\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Orbital spaceflight (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvT3JiaXRhbF9zcGFjZWZsaWdodD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">orbit<\/span>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-sfn20080928_11-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3MWTnuS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grab latest study materials! Register here..<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>2012 &#8211; The\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"SpaceX Dragon (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvU3BhY2VYX0RyYWdvbj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">SpaceX Dragon<\/span>\u00a0space capsule\u2014launched aboard a\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Falcon 9 v1.0 (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRmFsY29uXzlfdjEuMD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">Falcon 9<\/span>\u00a0launch vehicle\u2014was the first private spacecraft to successfully dock with another spacecraft, and was also the first private capsule to dock at the International Space Station.<sup id=\"cite_ref-sfn2012_12-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>2014 &#8211; First booster rocket returning from an\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Orbital spaceflight (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvT3JiaXRhbF9zcGFjZWZsaWdodD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">orbital trajectory<\/span>\u00a0to achieve a zero-velocity-at-zero-altitude\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Rocket propulsion (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvUm9ja2V0X3Byb3B1bHNpb24\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">propulsive<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"VTVL (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvVlRWTD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">vertical landing<\/span>. The first-stage booster of\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Falcon 9 Flight 9 (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRmFsY29uXzlfRmxpZ2h0Xzk\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">Falcon 9 Flight 9<\/span>\u00a0made the first successful controlled ocean soft touchdown of a liquid-rocket-engine orbital booster on April 18, 2014.<sup id=\"cite_ref-mit20140422_13-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-bi20141125_14-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>2015 &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"SpaceX (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvU3BhY2VYP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">SpaceX<\/span>&#8216;s\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Falcon 9 Flight 20 (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRmFsY29uXzlfRmxpZ2h0XzIwP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">Falcon 9 Flight 20<\/span>\u00a0was the first time that the first stage of an orbital rocket made a successful return and\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"VTVL (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvVlRWTD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=\">vertical landing<\/span>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-sn20151221_15-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>2017 &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"SpaceX (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvU3BhY2VYP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">SpaceX<\/span>&#8216;s\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"Falcon 9 (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvRmFsY29uXzk\/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x\">Falcon 9<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"new\" title=\"SES-10 (page does not exist)\" data-uncrawlable-url=\"L3dpa2kvU0VTLTEwP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==\">SES-10<\/span> was the first time a used orbital rocket made a successful return<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"reflist\">\n<div class=\"mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25518905 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"GK and Current Affairs\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/blog-banner1-1-1.png 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The availability of black powder (gunpowder) to propel projectiles was a precursor to the development of the first solid rocket. 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