History of Space Flight (Engine of Progress)

Early Days

 * May 3, 1946: NASA is created out of NACA
 * October 9, 1947: The Goddard Space Shuttle takes its first test flight.
 * Riding atop a modified Minuteman II ICBM, Chuck Yeager becomes the first man in space. The scientifically meant as a test for the systems that would be implemented on the Goddard Shuttle before it is actually launched.