History of Rocketry by Velvet Dowdy https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73 Major events in rocketry en-us 2018-01-07 15:43:24 UTC 2025-09-26 09:14:51 UTC hello@padlet.com 350 BC (date of event--as close as possible. Check the date with a couple of sources to get a better idea) velvet_dowdy1 https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219172114 (Write a brief description)
Archytas was a philosopher and and a mathematician. He is credited with building the first automated object. He designed a wooden pigeon that would propel itself along a wire via escaping steam. ]]> 2018-01-07 17:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219172114 Add an image here velvet_dowdy1 https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219175611 2018-01-07 17:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219175611 Add a reason why this event is included in the history of rocketry velvet_dowdy1 https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219175810 Archytas has been called the father of engineering. His invention gave others ideas on how to use Newton's 3rd law (which was not described yet) to propel a vehicle. ]]> 2018-01-07 17:53:04 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219175810 Apollo 11-Marissa J Marissa_ShadowSoul https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219553262 Date: July 16, 1969 – July 24, 1969
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The first manned mission to land on the Moon. The first steps by humans on another planetary body were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969.]]> 2018-01-08 21:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219553262 november 3 1957 lilian_duncan https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219553826 the dog got trapped in space and the people knew that the dog was going to die and they sent him into space anyway and the truth didnt come out till 2002]]> 2018-01-08 21:06:19 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219553826 July 17, 1975 brock_wilkerson https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219553974 A space rendezvous is an orbital maneuver during which two space craft, one of which is often a space station, arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance]]> 2018-01-08 21:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219553974 January 31, 1958 TigressClaws https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219553976 Explorer 1 was the first satellite of the United States, launched as part of its participation in the International Geophysical Year. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory received the assignment to design, build and operate the artificial satellite that would serve as the rocket's payload. JPL completed this job in less than three months.]]> 2018-01-08 21:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219553976 Starting in 1896 ty_polley https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219554007 Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, known also as K. E. Tsiolkovskii, was a Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory. He made a theory of the motion of vehicles that follow the basic principle of a rocket.]]> 2018-01-08 21:06:51 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219554007 luke_staples https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219554017 April  11, 1970 
Apollo 13 was supposed to be the third mission to land on the moon.  There was an explosion in the oxygen tank which forced the crew to orbit the Moon and come back to Earth without landing.

]]> 2018-01-08 21:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219554017 969 A.D kupper_cox https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219554373 In 969 gunpowder propelled rocket arrows were invented by Yue Yifang and Feng Jisheng. Published in 1044, the Wujing Zongyao, or Complete Compendium of Military Classics, states that in 994 A.D. the city of Zitong was attacked by an army of 100,000 men who were driven back by regular war machines and fire arrows.]]> 2018-01-08 21:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219554373 March 23, 1912 – June 16, 1977 He was the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Germany and the father of rocket technology and space science in the United States. clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219554385 2018-01-08 21:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219554385 Image TigressClaws https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219554646 2018-01-08 21:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219554646 When did this happen? lilian_martinezvitales https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219554657 This happened primarily between 1945 and 1959]]> 2018-01-08 21:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219554657 April 12, 1961 maleigha_shelton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219554744 Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and a cosmonaut. He was the first human to enter space, he completed and orbit around earth in 108 minutes. He did not land inside in Vostok 1. He injected from the spacecraft and landed by parachute. ]]> 2018-01-08 21:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219554744 October 5, 1882- August 10, 1945 shelby_brown2 https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219554788 Robert Goddard was an american engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket. ]]> 2018-01-08 21:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219554788 Why is this an important moment for history? TigressClaws https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219555026 Explorer 1 became the first successfully launched satellite by the United States when it was sent to space on January 31, 1958. Explorer 1's success marked the beginning of the U.S. Space Age. Explorer 1 was the United States' first satellite in space. The 1958 launch of the satellite was an important moment for the country, as the Space Race with the Soviet Union was just beginning.]]> 2018-01-08 21:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219555026 kupper_cox https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219555043 These arrows were propelled by gunpowder, they went farther, and penetrated better than regular arrows shot from bows.]]> 2018-01-08 21:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219555043 March 1965 isabelle_thurmond https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219555129 his name was ]]> 2018-01-08 21:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219555129 Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It was a 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses. delbert_estes https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219555193 2018-01-08 21:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219555193 How was this important to the history of rocketry? Marissa_ShadowSoul https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219555203 It was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The men aboard are as follows:  Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.]]> 2018-01-08 21:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219555203 Brief Description lilian_martinezvitales https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219555529 This was a secret program of the JIOA where more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken either on the Soviet side or the American side to work for Soviets rockets or American rockets. ]]> 2018-01-08 21:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219555529 http://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/steam-engine-hero-alexandria.jpg jada_roland https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219555947 2018-01-08 21:13:48 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219555947 7th century medieval Chinese Tang Dynasty Fireworks were invented in medieval China in the 7th century to scare away evil spirits, a natural application of gunpowder, one of the Four Great Inventions of ancient China. ... Fireworks are generally classified as to they perform, either as a ground or aerial firework. maci_onstott https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219556364

]]> 2018-01-08 21:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219556364 world's first liquid- fueled rocket shelby_brown2 https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219556684 2018-01-08 21:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219556684 During a preflight test Jan. 27, 1967, tragedy struck the Apollo 1 mission when a fire inside the space capsule caused the death of the three astronauts slated to travel to the moon. The event changed spacecraft design forever the men killed was roger chaffee,ed white and,guss grissom nicholas_lee3 https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219556701 2018-01-08 21:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219556701 Hero of Alexandria was a mathematician and engineer who was active in his native city of Alexandria, Roman Egypt. He is considered the greatest experimenter of antiquity and his work is representative of the Hellenistic scientific tradition jada_roland https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219556825

]]> 2018-01-08 21:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219556825 lilian_duncan https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219556975 2018-01-08 21:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219556975 brock_wilkerson https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557030 2018-01-08 21:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557030 Image lilian_martinezvitales https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557043 2018-01-08 21:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557043 this is important because it told us wether we would be safe in space lilian_duncan https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557083 2018-01-08 21:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557083 History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm.or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. delbert_estes https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557097 2018-01-08 21:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557097 shelby_brown2 https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557233 2018-01-08 21:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557233 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557315 2018-01-08 21:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557315 nicholas_lee3 https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557510 2018-01-08 21:18:59 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557510 shelby_brown2 https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557564 2018-01-08 21:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557564 wesleye_martin https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557707 On April 23, 1967 Vladiir Komarov 
and his partner were the first Russian Cosmonauts is space. On their landing the rocket was low on fuel and upon ejection parachutes failed and Komarov crashed into Earth killing him on impact.  ]]> 2018-01-08 21:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557707 maleigha_shelton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557822 2018-01-08 21:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557822 luke_staples https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557950 2018-01-08 21:20:06 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557950 lilian_martinezvitales https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557972 2018-01-08 21:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219557972 kupper_cox https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219558060 2018-01-08 21:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219558060 kupper_cox https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219558253 Chinese fire arrows]]> 2018-01-08 21:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219558253 lilian_martinezvitales https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219558522 This event was important in rocket history because they helped to develop and create rockets for the Soviets and Americans and took part in what they are today. ]]> 2018-01-08 21:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219558522 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219778815 2018-01-09 15:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219778815 The Mercury Seven were the group of seven Mercury astronauts announced by NASA on April 9, 1959. They are also referred to as the Original Seven or Astronaut Group 1. They piloted the manned spaceflights of the Mercury program from May 1961 to May 1963. clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219781117 2018-01-09 15:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219781117 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219782133 2018-01-09 15:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219782133 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219782688 2018-01-09 15:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219782688 Apollo 17 was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program. Launched at 12:33 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on December 7, 1972, with a crew made up of Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, it was the last use of Apollo clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219849571 2018-01-09 17:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219849571 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219849731 2018-01-09 17:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219849731 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219850100 2018-01-09 17:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219850100 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219974115 Ham (1957 – January 19, 1983), also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, was achimpanzee and the first hominid launched into space, on January 31, 1961, as part of America'sspace program. Ham's name is an acronym for the lab that prepared him for his historic mission]]> 2018-01-09 20:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219974115 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219974212 2018-01-09 20:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219974212 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219974863 2018-01-09 20:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219974863 Astronaut Alan Shepard, Jr., America s first man in space, poses in the Mercury space craft in 1961. Fifty three years ago on May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard blasted off in a Freedom 7 capsule atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket to become the first American in space. clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219975221 2018-01-09 20:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219975221 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219975295 2018-01-09 20:52:27 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219975295 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219975386 2018-01-09 20:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219975386 John Glenn, seen sitting beside his Friendship 7 Mercury capsule before his historic flight in 1962, died on Dec. 8, 2016. John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, died today clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219975638 2018-01-09 20:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219975638 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219975705 2018-01-09 20:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219975705 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219975950 2018-01-09 20:54:32 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219975950 maci_onstott https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219977602 2018-01-09 20:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219977602 Marissa_ShadowSoul https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219977921 Picture]]> 2018-01-09 21:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/219977921 Alexei Leonov clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220393479 2018-01-10 21:01:13 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220393479 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220393686 2018-01-10 21:01:56 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220393686 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220393792 2018-01-10 21:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220393792 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220394209 2018-01-10 21:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220394209 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220394438 2018-01-10 21:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220394438 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220395880 2018-01-10 21:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220395880 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220396820 2018-01-10 21:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220396820 clarence_crafton https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220397308 2018-01-10 21:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220397308 ty_polley https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220398948 2018-01-10 21:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220398948 ty_polley https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220399156 2018-01-10 21:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/velvet_dowdy1/8xzhbt16yz73/wish/220399156