World’s first liquid-fuelled rocket and the man behind it
16 March 1926. The world's first liquid-fuelled rocket lifts off at Auburn, Massachusetts, paving the way for an era of space flight...
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Rocketgrams were launched in India to deliver mail and parcels
Rocketgrams are mail delivered by firing crude rockets towards their destinations. Stephen Hector Taylor-Smith, an Indian aerospace engineer, launched the...
From where is the name ‘rocket’ derived?
The name ‘rocket’ comes from the Italian word rocchetta, a name of a small firecracker created by the Italian artificer...
Indians taught Europeans the use of rockets in warfare
In 1792 the weapon suppliers of Tipu Sultan designed and successfully developed the first iron-cased rockets. These were used by...
