Explain the history of flight.

Explanation should include

• the invention and use of rockets
• the effects of liquid propellants on weaponry and space launch vehicles
• the timeline of the pursuit of spaceflight
• innovations that enabled humans to break the space barrier.

Process/Skill Questions:

• Who were the three pioneers of liquid-fuel rocketry?
• How did Wernher von Braun become a scientist in the United States?
• What were the objectives of the Mercury program?
• Who set the goal of a moon landing?
• What were the objectives of the Gemini program?
• Who were the first women to fly into space? Pilot a spacecraft?