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- 1. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky wrote "Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices" in 1903
- - Russian Scientist
- 2. Robert Goddard wrote "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes" in 1919
- - American Professor/Inventor
- - Launched Liquid-Fueled Rocket on March 16, 1926
- 3. Hermann Oberth wrote “The Rocket into Interplanetary Space” in 1923 and "Ways to Spaceflight" in 1929
- - German Scientist
- 4. Verein für Raumschiffahrt was an amateur German rocket association.
- - Formed in 1927
- 5. Wernher von Braun became a top reaseacher in Germany and then worked in the US
- 6.
- a V-2 Missile
- b Kármán line, 100 kilometers in the air
- c Peenemünde Army Research Center
- 7. Jet Propulsion Laboratory was formed in 1936 in La Cañada Flintridge, California
- 8. The X-15 set the official world record for the highest speed ever reached by a manned powered aircraft at 4,520 miles per hour
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