Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard

As humans, we are born with a natural desire to learn and discover. With space exploration, we are able to do just that. In an online essay called “Is Space Exploration Worth the Cost”, Dr. Joan Vernikos,

As science has progressed over the years, there have been many forms of exploration and discovery to find the answers we seek. One of the best examples are the Apollo space mission that were done by legendary astronauts and scientists. There have been many individuals over the years that wanted to know what was in space, but scientists now have the technology to experiment machines that can easily answer the questions of the universe we have. An article by Ronald J. White talks about how these missions have been accomplished for more than 40 years and how these events have made advancements on how people are able to travel through space when discovering the worlds that lie beyond our planet. After so many years of research, we have found so

In the first century, some of the Chinese had made a simple contraption of gunpowder made of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal dust. This invention was then used to make explosions for religious festivals. The mixture was poured into bamboo tubes. Then, the tubes were thrown into fires. Some of the tubes were pushed by the gases and sparks made from the gunpowder that was burning. After realizing this invention, the Chinese began examining this idea. They attached arrows to the bamboo tubes and launched them with arrows. The Chinese detected that gunpowder tubes could send themselves up by the power made from the escaping gas. This is when the first true rocket was made in approximately

Explorer II (March 5, 1958) and Explorer V (August 24, 1958) were both failures because they failed to reach orbit. But along with these two failures, two more successes were had. von Braun’s team successfully launched the Explorer III on March 26, 1958, and the Explorer IV on July 26, 1958. Unlike its Soviet predecessor, these satellites were infinitely more sophisticated with instruments to study the Earth's upper atmosphere and its interaction with cosmic rays. The information collected by the Explorers led to the discovery of the Van Allen belts, donut shaped regions of highly energetic charged particles that are trapped in the higher altitude regions of the magnetic fields of earth, and protect it from harmful ultraviolet rays emitted by the Sun. In comparison to the launch of the Vanguard series, the Sputnik I ‘s launch was one of detriment to the prestige. But the Explorer series of satellites questioned the functionality of the Sputnik I’s technologically-lacking

Newton’s first law is the law of inertia. The full statement is: “Every object continues its state of rest or a state of motion in a straight line at constant speed unless it is compelled to change that state by forces exerted upon it.” Inertia is the property of objects to resist change in motion. When I throw a coin up in the air in a speeding car, it falls in where I threw the coin, not speeding back with the car. It is because the coin has inertia, which resists change in motion. The law of inertia particularly makes a connection with the rocket while it is at rest and while it is at motion. When it is being ready to launch, it stays where it is until we press the button down and the thrust is being acted on the rocket. It tends to remain at rest until the engine gives force. When it is flying, it continues to fly. However, we have to note that the reason why it cannot keep on flying is because of gravity and air drag. These forces pull the rocket down, and while the rocket is being pulled down, the parachute comes

On March 16, 1926, Robert Goddard successfully launched the first liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Mass. The first-of-its-kind rocket reached an altitude of 41 feet, lasted 2 seconds and averaged about 60 miles per hour. The rocket was 10 feet tall, constructed out of thin pipes, and was fueled by liquid oxygen and gasoline.

Despite the relatively miniscule amount of time that humans have been able to send satellites, probes and landers out of our own planetary body, we as a race have achieved previously unfathomable amounts of progress in the field of space exploration. From the first Lunar mission in 1969, to the very recent observations of Pluto, Humans have been, and still are, working around the clock to find some insight into the mysteries of our Universe.

Space exploration is one of the most important and essential technologies in our astronomical history. In the recent 70 years human have started using rocket science and other specialties to bring probes and humans into extra-terrestrial space, as to make detail observations and explorations of other planets and celestial

Alan Shepard was the first American to fly into space in 1961. Eight years later, Neil Armstrong was the first to set foot on the moon, uttering those famous words, “That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” He returned to earth safely with Buzz Aldrin. The first module of the International Space Station was named Zara, an autonomous Soviet Union proton rocket, added November 20, 1998. Many more modules were added and will be added in the future. Today we have rovers or probes all around our solar system, and five probes that are leaving or have left our solar system. Space exploration is the ongoing discovery and exploration of celestial structures in outer space by means of continuously evolving and growing space technology. A rocket is a simple or a complex tube like device containing combustibles that when ignited, liberate gas propelling the tube into the air. Space Exploration is necessary because it can lead to many great inventions that can be used both on earth and in space in the future, lead to research and development, and save mankind and life as we know it from any extinction

In 1898, a Russian educationist, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, suggested the idea of space exploration by rocket. In a report published in 1903, Tsiolkovsky recommended the use of liquid propellants for rockets in order to achieve greater range. Tsiolkovsky stated that the exhaust velocity of escaping gases limited the speed and range of a rocket. Early in the 20th century, an American, Robert H. Goddard, conducted practical experiments in rocketry. He organized a mathematical analysis that we now call the meteorological sounding rocket. Goddard reached several results important to rocketry. At the time, most people falsely believed that the presence of air was necessary for a rocket to push against. Goddard also stated that multi stage rockets were the answer to achieving high altitudes and that the velocity needed to escape Earth's gravity could be achieved in this way.

Alan Shepard was the first American to fly into space in 1961, 8 years later Neil Armstrong was the first set foot on the moon uttering these famous words “That's one small step for man one giant leap for mankind” he returned to earth safely with Buzz Aldrin. The first module of the International Space Station was named Zara an autonomous Russian proton rocket, added november 20th 1998 many more modules were added and will be added in the future. Today we have rovers or probes all around our solar system and 5 probes that are leaving or have left our solar system. Space exploration is the on going discovery and exploration of celestial structures in outer space by means of continuously evolving and growing space technology. A rocket is a simple or complex tube like devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberates gas propelling the tube into the air. Space Exploration is necessary because it can lead to many great inventions, research and development, and save mankind from any extinction

Although the Chinese invented the first rockets the powerful rockets used today have their direct origins in the United States and Europe. Robert Goddard demonstrated a liquid fuel rocket capable of reaching outer space. The Russians and German scientists started creating

“The inventor of the first rocket is a mystery lost to time, but it’s believed that 9th Century Chinese alchemists invented gunpowder, which eventually led to bombs and rocket-propelled projectiles like cannonballs and arrows as well as the ubiquitous firecrackers. The use of terrorizing and deadly rockets by Genghis Khan during his widespread conquests of Asia, Russia and Europe spread the knowledge of rocket technology across the globe. The obvious military advantages of rockets as weapons of war accelerated advances in their technological development to create ever more powerful, accurate and destructive versions. A key advance was the invention of the first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926 by the American Robert Goddard in Auburn, Massachusetts.

Space exploration can be dated back to the age of European Renaissance, a historic age when arts and cultural transformation began. It was the same era when there gradual but widespread transition in educational reforms. Since then the flourishing art and science of stars and planets transformed in to the minute details of comets and meteors. The study, which started as the fundamental physical laws, governing the motions of planets around the sun, gave a great insight of not just our planet earth but also of millions of galaxies, which exist, in the world beyond us.

Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was one of the very first people who put forward the idea of using rockets for space missions, he was also the first person to design a rocket for interplanetary exploration and he accomplished this in 1903. German scientist Hermann Oberth continued to outline the principles of interplanetary flight in 1920, soon followed by an American scientist Robert Goddard who began to develop a liquid rocket engine in 1923 and by 1925 had created a working prototype. He set up the first liquid rocket, using gasoline and liquid oxygen as fuel in March of 1926. The works of Tsiolkovsky, Oberth and Goddard were then continued by rocketry enthusiast groups in the United States, the Soviet Union and Germany (Aerospace, 1994)