2. CAV 100 History of Rocketry

3. Chinese Invent gunpowder Emperor Kia-fung Tu-1286 Emperor Kia-fung Tu-1286 First recorded use of rockets as a weapon First recorded use of rockets as a weapon Fire arrows-made of bamboo Fire arrows-made of bamboo

4. Congreve Rockets Developed by British Developed by British Metal cylinders Metal cylinders Used against Americans in War of 1812 Used against Americans in War of 1812 Used to bombard Fort McHenry Used to bombard Fort McHenry Obsolete by Civil War Obsolete by Civil War

5. Robert Goddard Experimented with solid fuel rockets Experimented with solid fuel rockets Felt were inadequate Felt were inadequate Built first liquid fuel rocket Built first liquid fuel rocket Used gasoline and liquid oxygen Used gasoline and liquid oxygen Moved to Roswell New Mexico Moved to Roswell New Mexico Considered Father of American rocketry Considered Father of American rocketry

6. Developments in Germany Rocket clubs Rocket clubs Hermann Oberth Hermann Oberth Published theories of rocket flight Published theories of rocket flight Rocket mail-England to France -1930’s Rocket mail-England to France -1930’s

7. Dr. Wehrner Von Braun Developed the V-2 rocket Developed the V-2 rocket Captured V-2’s used to start U.S. program Captured V-2’s used to start U.S. program Became Director of NASA Became Director of NASA Developed Saturn-5 Moon Rocket Developed Saturn-5 Moon Rocket Father of Modern rocketry Father of Modern rocketry

8. The Space Age Sputnik I- Oct. 4, 1957 Sputnik I- Oct. 4, 1957 Beginning of space age Beginning of space age Sputnik II- First live payload Sputnik II- First live payload Explorer I –Jan. 31, 1958 Explorer I –Jan. 31, 1958

9. U.S. Manned Space Vehicles Mercury- one astronaut Mercury- one astronaut Gemini- two astronauts Gemini- two astronauts Apollo- three astronauts Apollo- three astronauts Skylab U.S. space station Skylab U.S. space station Space shuttle Space shuttle

10. Unmanned Projects Ranger –crashed into Moon Ranger –crashed into Moon Surveyor-soft landings on Moon Surveyor-soft landings on Moon Lunar Orbiter- took photos for landing sites Lunar Orbiter- took photos for landing sites