Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was formed. Yuri Gagarin became the first
man to travel to space, Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon and today there
are machines working on Mars and machines orbiting Venus, Saturn, and Jupiter. Thus, the
Rocket engineers have opened into far corners of the universe to be explored by humankind.
References
1. Brief History of Rockets, 2014 access on 11 November 2018
2. Sputnik launched, 2009, accessed on 12 November 2018
3. SM-65 Atlas Development, 2017, accessed on 14 November 2018
M. K. D. Kavindu Chathuranga Madapatha
First year undergraduate,
Faculty of engineering,
University of Peradeniya.
GAUGE Magazine University of Peradeniya
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