Labels:text | screenshot | software | multimedia software | graphics software OCR: Arts & Letters SpaceAGE Europe India A Brief History of Rocketry China (From NASA Space Link) Japan Russia USA The Chinese and the Earliest Rockets Gallery Intro The earliest solid rocket fuel was a form of gunpowder, and the earliest recorded mention of gunpowder comes from China late in the third century before Christ. Bamboo tubes filled with saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal were tossed into ceremonial fires during religious festivals in hopes the noise of the explosion would frighten evil spirits. Gallery ew of these bamboo Launch Vehicles and, instead of bursting Close Audio skittering out of the fire, g gunpowder. Some Gemini 6: (December 12, 1965) + lost to history may have Titan II rocket shuts down 1.2 iberately produce the seconds after ignition but before bes which leaked fire. liftoff. Schirra, realizing that the Titan Il had not lifted off, did not fire the 0. -- 21 years before emergency ejection rocket. and on the shores of er and rockets formed an Apollo 7: (October 8, 1968) 20 tary tactics. months after the Apollo 1 fire, Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham demonstrate the space worthiness of Print Setup Exit
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