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L17 Race to oblivion Flashcards

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first (solid-fuel) rocket - time

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China 13th century AD

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China 13th century AD

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first (solid-fuel) rocket

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first book on rockety

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1650, “Great Art of Artillery”

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1650, “Great Art of Artillery”

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first book on rockety

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multi-stage solid fuel rockets

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Kazimierz Siemienowicz

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Kazimierz Siemienowicz

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multi-stage solid fuel rockets

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Konstantin Zilkowski (Isiolkovski, Cilkowski)

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1903, first book on space travel
“Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices”
-multistage rockets powered by liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen
-concept of space station, rocket boosters

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Author of first book on space travel

“Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices”

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Konstantin Zilkowski (Isiolkovski, Cilkowski), 1903

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  • multistage rockets powered by liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen
  • concept of space station, rocket boosters
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1903, first book on space travel

“Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices”

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1903, first book on space travel

“Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices”

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  • multistage rockets powered by liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen
  • concept of space station, rocket boosters
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Robert Goddard

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1919, “Method for Reaching Extreme Altitudes”

  • mathematical theory of space flight
  • idea of using rocket to reach moon
  • working in US Goddard became a laughingstock of the contemporary scientific world
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1919, “Method for Reaching Extreme Altitudes”

  • mathematical theory of space flight
  • idea of using rocket to reach moon
  • working in US Goddard became a laughingstock of the contemporary scientific world
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Robert Goddard

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Hermann Oberth

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1922, doctoral thesis “By Rocket into Planetary Space”

1929, launched 1st liquid fueled rocket in Germany

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1922, doctoral thesis “By Rocket into Planetary Space”

1929, launched 1st liquid fueled rocket in Germany

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Hermann Oberth

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Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun

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  • German and US rocket program

- designed 12 rockets for Hitler (A1-A12)

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  • German and US rocket program

- designed 12 rockets for Hitler (A1-A12)

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Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun

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first man-made object in space

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1942, A4 rocket (V2)

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1942, A4 rocket (V2)

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first man-made object in space

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A10

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1940,

  • intercontinental ballistic missile
  • tested at Peenemunde
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1940,

  • intercontinental ballistic missile
  • tested at Peenemunde
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A10

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A12

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spacecraft, in 1969 it took first man to the moon (Braun’s Saturn Rocket)

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spacecraft, in 1969 it took first man to the moon (Braun’s Saturn Rocket)

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A12

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1943

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Allies bombed Peenemunde

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Allies bombed Peenemunde

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1943

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A4 rocket

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  • most advanced weapon system of WW2
  • 5200hm/h, 4 times speed of sound, unstoppable
  • spectacular technology, human cost enormous, single operational took 6 lives
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  • most advanced weapon system of WW2
  • 5200hm/h, 4 times speed of sound, unstoppable
  • spectacular technology, human cost enormous, single operational took 6 lives
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Mitteluerk

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  • Dora Concentration Camp
  • 3 underground factories A4, V1 and jet planes
  • supervised by Braun, conditions ‘repulsive’ and ‘hellish’
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  • Dora Concentration Camp
  • 3 underground factories A4, V1 and jet planes
  • supervised by Braun, conditions ‘repulsive’ and ‘hellish’
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Mitteluerk

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Americans reached Nordhausen

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1945

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Americans reached Nordhausen

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Vostok (R7) rocket

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start of the space race

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start of the space race

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Vostok (R7) rocket

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Sputnik 1

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1957

  • first man-made object to orbit the Earth
  • intercontinental nuclear ballistic missiles reality
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1957

  • first man-made object to orbit the Earth
  • intercontinental nuclear ballistic missiles reality
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Sputnik 2

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1957, Laika dog (7days in orbit)

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1957, Laika dog (7days in orbit)

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NASA formed

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1958, Braun director

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1958, Braun director

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NASA formed

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Luna 1

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1959, first man-made object to orbit the moon

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1959, first man-made object to orbit the moon

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Luna 2

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1959, first man-made object to reach surface of the moon

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1959, first man-made object to reach surface of the moon

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Luna 3

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1959, orbits moon and photographs the far side

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1959, orbits moon and photographs the far side

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Tiros 1

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1960, first successful weather satellite, US

first camera-equipped spy satellite

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1960, first successful weather satellite, US

first camera-equipped spy satellite

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Vostok 1

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1961, takes 1st human into space Yuri Gargarin (orbit Earth once)

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1961, takes 1st human into space Yuri Gargarin (orbit Earth once)

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Vostok 6

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1963, Valentia Teneshkova, 1st woman in space (orbit Earth 48 times)

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1963, Valentia Teneshkova, 1st woman in space (orbit Earth 48 times)

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Alexei Leonov

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1965, first space walk

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1965, first space walk

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Alexei Leonov

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Luna 9

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1966, lands on the moon

-first spacecraft to soft-land

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1966, lands on the moon

-first spacecraft to soft-land

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Venera 3

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1966, first space craft to reach another planet (Venus)

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1966, first space craft to reach another planet (Venus)

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Zond 5

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1968, first spacecraft to orbit the moon and return to Earth

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1968, first spacecraft to orbit the moon and return to Earth

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Neil Armstrong

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1969, first moon-walk, using Braun’s rocket Apollo 11

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1969, first moon-walk, using Braun’s rocket Apollo 11

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Neil Armstrong

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space shuttle

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1979, first Columbia, lower cost of operation, reusable craft

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1979, first Columbia, lower cost of operation, reusable craft

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space shuttle

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