The German V-2 rocket, co-designed by Wernher von Braun, became the first man-made object to reach space. The first rocket to reach space was the German V-2 rocket MW 18014, on a vertical …

One of the first devices to successfully employ the principles essential to rocket flight was a wooden bird. The writings of Aulus Gellius, a Roman, tell a story of a Greek named Archytas who lived in the …

Nov 13, 2025 · First launched successfully in 1942, the V-2 was used on targets in Europe beginning in September 1944. Although built as a weapon of war, the V-2 later served as the predecessor of …

The history of space exploration begins in the mid-1940s. The first object launched into space was actually a rocket designed to be a weapon. This was the V2 rocket, designed by engineers in Nazi …

The Quest for Space Rockets were invented in China during the Tang dynasty (618–907 AD), specifically in the 9th century, shortly after the discovery of gunpowder. They were called “fire …

The first rocket which actually launched something into space was used to launch Sputnik, the first satellite, on October 4, 1957. The rocket that launched Sputnik was a R-7 ICBM rocket.

The first rocket to enter outer space was a two-stage rocket launched on February 24, 1949, from the White Sands Proving Grounds in New Mexico in the United States.

1942 – V-2 rockets Ballistic missiles are developed by German engineers led by Wernher Von Braun during the Second World War. They burn a mixture of oxygen and alcohol at a rate of 1 ton every 7 …

Blue Origin made the first reusable space-capable rocket booster, New Shepard (it is suborbital, Falcon 9 was the first orbital). They also originally had the idea of landing rocket boosters on ships at sea, …

It was 50 years ago that man first ventured into space. On April 12, 1961, Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth in Vostok 1 (Vostok 3KA-3) on a flight lasting 108 minutes and became the …