Early rocketry

Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory (1857-1935)

American physicist

huge and heavy battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon (1813)

Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocketry pioneer (1894-1989)

thumb|An illustration of Hero's aeolipile An aeolipile, aeolipyle, or eolipile, also known as a '''Hero's (or Heron's) engine', is a simple, bladeless radial steam turbine which spins when the central water container is heated. Torque is produced by steam jets exiting the turbine. The Greek-Egyptian mathematician and engineer Hero of Alexandria described the device in the 1st century AD, and many sources give him the credit for its invention. However, Vitruvius was the first to describe this appliance in his De architectura'' ().

Ukrainian revolutionary and scientist (1853-1881)

type of artillery missile

The hwacha or '''''hwach'a''''' () was a fifteenth-century Korean weapons platform capable of performing both the multiple rocket launcher or a volley gun roles. The overall design resembled a wooden cart with a launch pad attached; depending on the specific version and type, it could fire up to 200 singijeon (rocket-powered) arrows, or several dozen iron-headed arrows or bolts out of gun barrels. The term was also used to refer to other war wagon- or cart-based artillery in later periods, such as that developed by Byeon Yijung in the 1590s.

British politician (1772–1828)

World's first rocket missile ammunition, developed by Tipu Sultan, an emperor of India

thumb|right|300px|The 'divine fire flying crow' (shen huo fei ya), an aerodynamic winged rocket bomb from the Huolongjing

early Soviet rocket research bureau

Polish military engineer and artillery officer

Chinese gunpowder projectile

Austrian military engineer (1509–1576)

Russian engineer (1859-1930)

German aerospace engineer (1856–1934)

soviet rocket laboratory 1921 to 1933

British rocket pioneer (1797-1870)

thumb|300px|An Edo period wood block print showing samurai gunners firing bo-hiya with hiya-zutsu (rocket guns)

1813 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition

thumb|Three of the large chongtong in Jinju Fortress. The closest is a "Cheonja", the second is a "Jija", and the third is a "Hyeonja".

Swedish inventor (1845–1915)