SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Previous scholarship places the rocket’s origins in China during the Sung dynasty (A.D. 960-1279). The first known use of the military rocket occurred in 1232 when the Chinese used fei huo tsiang (flying fire lances) against Mongols besieging the city of Kai-fung-fu.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rockets were first used as actual weapons in the battle of Kai-fung-fu in 1232 A.D. The Chinese attempted to repel Mongol invaders with barrages of fire arrows and, possibly, gunpowder-launched grenades. The fire-arrows were a simple form of a solid-propellant rocket. A tube, capped at one end, contained gunpowder.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) is considered the father of modern rocket propulsion. A physicist of great insight, Goddard also had a unique genius for invention. It is in memory of this brilliant scientist that NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, was established on May 1, 1959.

Detailed explanation-4: -By the late 10th century in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), the Chinese had adapted gunpowder to rockets. To make such an arrow, first apapertube was made; then the gunpowder was put inside the tube, which was then attached to an arrow to be launched by a bow.

Detailed explanation-5: -Construction of Ancient Chinese Rockets The ancient Chinese rockets which were used at that time were made from a hollow barrel filled with gunpowder, feather, arrow head and arrow barrel.