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On this episode of Century of Flightwe see the development of rocket science from Robert Goddard’s advancements in the 1930’s to Russian innovations of the 1990’s. Hear Dwight Eisenhower’s announcement establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and experience the many challenges and tragedies of space travel. See the first photographs of the lunar surface, and view modern footage of the solar system taken from Hubble.
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In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers launched the first hot air balloon. Since then Germany, Great Britain, and the United States have experimented with and improved on airships for military and economic purposes. Although still in use for sightseeing, surveillance, and research, the Hindenburg and other crashes ended the airship's role in luxury travel and in the military.