Rockets Through History
These early Chinese rocket weapons were attached to arrows and used at Kai-Keng.
What are fire arrows?
This Russian teacher is known as the “Father of Space Travel.”
Who is Konstantin Tsiolkovsky?
This science fiction author wrote From the Earth to the Moon.
Who is Jules Verne?
This German missile developed during WWII was called the “Vengeance Weapon.”
What is the V-2 rocket?
This novel inspired multiple rocket pioneers to dream about space travel.
What is From the Earth to the Moon?
The Chinese used their earliest explosive powders mainly for these events.
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What are religious festivals?
This scientist published The Rocket Into Planetary Space in 1923.
Who is Hermann Oberth?
Tsiolkovsky proposed using these to control spacecraft orientation.
What are gyroscopes?
The British used rockets against the United States during this war.
What is the War of 1812?
This philosopher inspired Tsiolkovsky’s thinking about “cosmism.”
Who is Nikolai Fedorov?
This British artillery expert improved rocket range to over 3,000 yards.
Who is William Congreve?
This American scientist launched the first successful liquid-fueled rocket in 1926.
Who is Robert H. Goddard?
Tsiolkovsky’s 1903 article is considered the first scientific proposal for this.
What is space exploration?
This military operation brought German scientists like von Braun to the United States.
What is Project Paperclip?
Tsiolkovsky discussed this condition where astronauts would experience no apparent weight.
What is weightlessness (microgravity)?
This scientist created the three laws of motion that helped lay the foundations of modern rocketry.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This scientist worked closely with Werner von Braun on the V-2 rocket program.
Who is Hermann Oberth?
Oberth’s idea of discarding empty rocket sections became known as this.
What is multi-staging?
The V-2 could travel faster than this speed.
What is 3,000 miles per hour?
Oberth realized rockets could travel in space because of this principle involving exhaust gases
What is recoil (action-reaction thrust)?
This Englishman improved rocket accuracy using spin stabilization.
Who is William Hale?
This famous aviator witnessed Goddard’s rocket experiments.
Who is Charles A. Lindbergh?
Von Braun became chief architect of this rocket that sent Americans to the Moon.
What is the Saturn V?
Von Braun’s team eventually moved to this Alabama arsenal.
What is Redstone Arsenal?
This pioneer helped develop the Saturn V rocket after transferring to NASA in 1960
Who is Wernher von Braun?