You dont really have to be a genius to build a rocket and successfully launch it. Before we get into that, heres a short lesson on the history of rockets. [ asianstyle music plays ] when the chinese invented the first rockets, they didnt care that their rockets blew up midair because they mostly used them to create fireworks. Fast forward 2,000 years, and a british soldier named congreve turned rockets into weapons, an idea he borrowed from india. But controlling their flight was difficult, and his own soldiers were as likely to be hit by the erratically flying missiles as the enemy. Rocketry really didnt take off until an american named goddard successfully launched the first liquidfuel rocket in 1926. [ explosions ] during world war ii, england was bombarded by german rockets hitler hoped his vengeance rockets would pound the english into surrender. Fortunately, they didnt. After the war, rockets began to be used for more peaceful purposes. [ uptempo Classical Music plays ] today a n
Midair because they mostly used. Fast forward 2,000 years, and a british soldier named congreveapons, an idea he borrowed from india. But controlling their flight was difficult, and his own soldiers were as likely to be hit by thesiles as the enemy. Rocketry really didnt take off until an american named goddard successfully launched the firstet in 1926. [ explosions ]ngland was bombarded by german rockets called the v1 and the v2. Hitler hoped his vengeance rockets would pound the english into surrender. Y didnt. After the war, rockets began to be used for more peaceful purposes. [ uptempo Classical Music plays ]oon is in the placed in orbit by a russian rocket. In 1957, the russians sentatellite, sputnik i, into orbit. You are hearing the actual signals transmitted by the earthcircling satellite tific feats of the age. [ beeping ] those eerie beeps from high above the earth set off the great space race between russia and while the soviets were the first to send a man into space, ameri
Ivan. We can assume she is from ohio. That happened around 3 00 or so. A significant crash, holding up traffic and expecting to be an issue until 8 00 a. M. Police do not believe anyone else is involved. One man was killed upon impact from the van. We are working to get more information. Crash reconstruction crews are here on the scene. This could pose some big issues for people heading into the city this morning. Kyla it could be an issue throughout the morning. This is a main thoroughfare for people having into the city. Morning. South of the norwood lateral, which is one of your alternates. You can take that over to 75 and take 75 into downtown. 71 at victory parkway, you can see all of those lanes are still shut down. We will let you know if the closure lifts earlier. You shouldn t see too many delays on 75. You can take reading road or montgomery road. You have a couple of different ways you can go. No problems or delays in on 75. We check in now with randi rico. Snow showers. A c
Difficult, and his own soldiers were as likely to be hit by the erratically flying missiles as the enemy. Rocketry really didnt take off until an american named goddard successfully launched the first liquidfuel rocket in 1926. [ explosions ] during world war ii, england was bombarded by german rockets called the v1 and the v2. Hitler hoped his vengeance rockets would pound the english into surrender. Fortunately, they didnt. After the war, rockets began to be used for more peaceful purposes. [ uptempo Classical Music plays ] today a new moon is in the sky a 23inch metal sphere placed in orbit by a russian rocket. In 1957, the russians sent the first artificial satellite, sputnik i, into orbit. You are hearing the actual signals transmitted by the earthcircling satellite feats of the age. [ beeping ] those eerie beeps from high above the earth set off the great space race between russia and the united states. And while the soviets were the first to send a man into space, america was th
[ explosions ] during world war ii, england was bombarded by german rockets called the v1 and the v2. Hitler hoped his vengeance rockets would pound the english into surrender. Fortunately, they didnt. After the war, rockets began to be used for more peaceful purposes. [ uptempo Classical Music plays ] today a new moon is in the sky a 23inch metal sphere placed in orbit by a russian rocket. In 1957, the russians sent the first artificial satellite, sputnik i, into orbit. You are hearing the actual signals transmitted by the earthcircling satellite one of the great scientific feats of the age. [ beeping ] those eerie beeps from high above the earth set off the great space race between russia and the united states. And while the soviets were the first to send a man into space, america was the first to land a man on the moon. Man. One. Giant leap for mankind. [ slow orchestral music plays ] in 1981, nasa built the first reusable manned rocket ship, officially called the space transportati