The story of space
🌌 Ancient Curiosity Long before rockets, people studied the stars. Ancient civilizations like the Babylonians, Egyptians, and Greeks tracked the movements of the Sun, Moon, and planets . These observations helped them build calendars and even predict eclipses. Fun fact: The Greek astronomer Aristarchus suggested the Sun was at the center of the solar system nearly 2,000 years before Copernicus proved it! 🔠The Age of Telescopes (1600s) In 1609, Galileo Galilei pointed his telescope at the sky and discovered Jupiter’s moons and Saturn’s rings . This was the first time humans saw other worlds in detail, opening the door to modern astronomy. 🚀 The Rocket Era (1900s) Fast forward to the 20th century—scientists like Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Robert Goddard developed the idea of rockets powerful enough to leave Earth. Goddard even launched the world’s first liquid-fuel rocket in 1926. At the time, newspapers laughed at him. But his work made space travel possib...