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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 a...

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 r...

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 sp...

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 earthcircli...

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 called the v1 and the v2. Hitler hoped his vengeance r...