1. From Canoes
to the
Space Station

2. Increased the ability of people to move across bodies of water.
8500 B.C. Pine dug out canoe. Drents Museum.
Increased the ability of people to move across bodies of water.
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3. Increased the amount of goods people could transport.
4000 B.C. to 3500 B.C., Mesopotamia
Increased the amount of goods people could transport.
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4. Used to control a boat needing to go downwind.
3500 BCE , Egypt
Used to control a boat needing to go downwind.
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5. Used for military applications and underwater exploration.
1776, United States
Used for military applications and underwater exploration.
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6. First human flight and military implications.
1783, France
First human flight and military implications.
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7. Improved steam engine which led to steam powered trains and boats.
1769
Improved steam engine which led to steam powered trains and boats.
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8. First Automobile. Began the quest for personal transportation.
1769, France. Nicolas Cugnat
First Automobile. Began the quest for personal transportation.
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9. 1885, Gottlieb Daimler.
Improved upon existing combustion type engines to create the fore-runner to modern engines.
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1889 & 1891, France.
The first car manufacturers in the world were: Panhard & Levassor (1889) & Peugeot (1891).
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11. Flight opened up the realm of air transportation.
1903, United States.
Flight opened up the realm of air transportation.
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12. 1926, United States.
First liquid fueled rocket pre-runner to the solid fueled rocket later used in the space programs and it had military implications.
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13. 1977, United States.
Trans Alaska Pipeline demonstrated the efficiency of pipeline technology.
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14. 1957, Russia.
Launched Sputnik 1 the first artificial satellite which opened up mechanical space exploration.
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15. 1961, Russia.
Vostok 1 carried the first astronaut into space opening up space exploration to humans.
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16. Apollo mission landed man on the moon.
1969, United States.
Apollo mission landed man on the moon.
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17. Skylab enabled to humans to remain in space.
1970’s, United States.
Skylab enabled to humans to remain in space.
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18. Pictures are not in order