1150
China-first gunpowder rockets developed
1609
(Germany) Johannes Kepler; publishes Astronomia Nova; laws of planetary motion
1865
(France) Jules Verne; published From the Earth to the Moon
1890
(Sweden) Karl Gustaf Partik de Laval; developed converging-diverging supersonic nozzle
1898
(UK) HERBERT GEROGE h.g. wELLS; PUBLISHED WAR OF THE WORLDS
1903
(RUSSIA/ ussr) Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky; one of the founding fathers of rocketry/astronautics; wrote The Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices
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(Germany) Hermann Oberth; one of the founding fathers of rockdtry; wrote A Method of Reaching Extrme