From Canoes to the Space Station

Increased the ability of people to move across bodies of water. 8500 B.C. Pine dug out canoe. Drents Museum. Increased the ability of people to move across bodies of water. Resource: http://www.civilization.ca/media/docs/fsbog01e.html

Increased the amount of goods people could transport. 4000 B.C. to 3500 B.C., Mesopotamia Increased the amount of goods people could transport. Resource: http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventions/a/wheel.htm

Used to control a boat needing to go downwind. 3500 BCE , Egypt Used to control a boat needing to go downwind. Resource: http://woodentallships.com/maritime/2007/04/04/history-of-sailing/ http://www.artsales.com/ARTistory/Ancient_Ships/images/Hatshe23.gif

Used for military applications and underwater exploration. 1776, United States Used for military applications and underwater exploration. Resource: http://www.maritime.org/fleetsub/chap1.htm

First human flight and military implications. 1783, France First human flight and military implications. Resource: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/mae/admin/divisions/ae/ae.asp

Improved steam engine which led to steam powered trains and boats. 1769 Improved steam engine which led to steam powered trains and boats. Resource: http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/clc/cnr2141.jpg http://www.uh.edu/engines/fitchbt2.jpg

First Automobile. Began the quest for personal transportation. 1769, France. Nicolas Cugnat First Automobile. Began the quest for personal transportation. Resource: http://discover.edventures.com/functions/termlib.php?action=&termid=2429&alpha=n&searchString=

1885, Gottlieb Daimler. Improved upon existing combustion type engines to create the fore-runner to modern engines. Resource: http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub_image.cfm?image_id=1261

                                                                                                                    1889 & 1891, France. The first car manufacturers in the world were: Panhard & Levassor (1889) & Peugeot (1891). Resource: http://www.grandprix.com/ft/ft11648.html http://www.brighton-early.com/peugeot.html

Flight opened up the realm of air transportation. 1903, United States. Flight opened up the realm of air transportation. Resource: http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/hotopics/wrightbros100/index.html

1926, United States. First liquid fueled rocket pre-runner to the solid fueled rocket later used in the space programs and it had military implications. Resource: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/service/gallery/fact_sheets/general/frocket/frocket.htm

1977, United States. Trans Alaska Pipeline demonstrated the efficiency of pipeline technology. Resource: http://www.d.umn.edu/~cstroupe/archive/5230/glocal/prudhoe/www.d.umn.edu/~hoef0049/pbpipeline.html

1957, Russia. Launched Sputnik 1 the first artificial satellite which opened up mechanical space exploration. Resource: http://www.space50.net/sputnik.html

1961, Russia. Vostok 1 carried the first astronaut into space opening up space exploration to humans. Resource: http://web.ticino.com/calcolo/avvenimenti/vostok1.gif

Apollo mission landed man on the moon. 1969, United States. Apollo mission landed man on the moon. Resource: http://apod.oa.uj.edu.pl/apod/ap980503.html

Skylab enabled to humans to remain in space. 1970’s, United States. Skylab enabled to humans to remain in space. Resource: http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/115a/history/skylab.html

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