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 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,i,nto orbit. You are hearing the actual signals transmitted by the 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
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 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. 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 ab
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. Its one small step for man. One. Giant leap for mankind. [ slow orchestral music plays ] reusable manned rocket ship, officially called the space transportation system. We know it as the space shuttle. During their 30 years in service, these amazing craft flew 135 missions. Watching the giant orbiter glide back to earth was always a thrilling sight. Main gear touchdown. The European Space agency
No traffic issues, minutebyminute updates on wcpo. Com and at the bottom of the screen youre looking live at chopper 9, the only local helicopter getting you breaking news first, as it hovers over the combs hehl bridge on 275. Part of the night underwater, looking for a car that plunged into the ohio river yesterday. 9 on your sides Jordan Burgess joins us live with the latest. Latest. You can see how dark it is out here. So Recovery Efforts have been called off. But right now that car is thought to be sitting at the bottom of the river here not far from the bridge. But what hasnt been said is if anyone was inside. We want to show you another look from chopper 9 at this crash here on the combs hail bridge on i275. Campbell countys police chief says this was a 12 car crash that involved 4 different collisions. At some point. Its unknown exactly how. A car went over the east bound side of the bridge. It reportedly floated a short distance before falling to the bottom of the river. Boone