When was the Rocket invented?
Between the ninth and thirteenth centuries in China the first rocket was invented. Robert Goddard of the U.S also known as the Father of modern rocketry built the first successful… Read more »
Category Archives: Astronomy
When was the first Weather Satellite launched?
On 1st April 1960, the first weather satellite, TIROS 1 was launched by from Cape Canaveral in Florida in the United States. The team of NASA scientists developed the first… Read more »
When was Sputnik 1 launched?
The first artificial Russian satellite Sputnik 1 was launched by Soviet Union in the orbit around the earth on 4th October 1957. It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at Tyuratam… Read more »
When was Mars Rover launched?
Mars rover is a motor vehicle that was designed and built by NASA scientists. It was operated by robots and launched into Mars. Till now five Mars rovers have been… Read more »
When was Radio Telescope invented?
In 1931, an engineer Karl Guthe Jansky of Bell Telephone Laboratories built the first radio antenna to identify an astronomical radio source. Grote Reber in 1937 built the first parabolic… Read more »
When was the space shuttle invented?
The Space Shuttle was invented by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during 1970s and Columbia was the first space shuttle launched in 1981 to travel into space.