History of Space Exploration Flashcards
(19 cards)
A Greek from Tarentum who designed a steamed-powered wooden bird.
Archytas
Created the rocket-like device called an Aeolipile
Hero of Alexandria
Who were the ones who invented true fireworks in the first century?
The Chinese
A weapon that the Chinese used against the Mongols during the battle of Kai-Keng
Fire Arrows
Created new forms of gunpowder, which increased the rockets range
Roger Bacon
Used a tube to increase the launch accuracy of a rocket, which led to the development of the modern bazooka.
Jean Froissart
Designed rocket-powered surface-running torpedo’s for setting ships on fire.
Joanes de Fontana
Invented the “step rocket”, which led to the multistage design of modern rockets.
Johann Schmidlap
Assembled a rocket-powered flying chair with 47 rockets
Wan-Hu
Built steam-powered cars
William Gravesande
Designed rockets for the British military
Colonel William Congreve
He developed a technique called spin stabilization: using exhaust gas to make the rocket body spin like a bullet, keeping it’s trajectory stable.
William Hale
Proposed the idea of space exploration by rocket. Known as the father of modern astronautics
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Achieved the first liquid propellant rocket launch. Known as the father of modern rocketry
Robert H. Goddard
Published a book in 1923 in rocket travel in space.
Hermann Oberth
A society that was formed. known as the Society for Space Travel, led the development of the V-2 rocket which was to be used against London in WWII
Verein Fur Raumschiffahrt
The key figure/lead of the development of the V-2 rocket
Wernher von Braun
An American satellite which was launched in 1958
Explorer 1
The first ever artificial Earth-orbiting satellite; launched on 10/04/57
Sputnik 1
