The Story  For Teachers For Students For Reference   The History
behind the Capsule  The history behind the capsule is the
history of ideas in astronomy and physics.  It took thousands of
people, thousands of years to get to the point where they could
send people to the Moon.  Here are some of the ideas and
observations made along the way.  One of the main ideas that
underpins everything needed to get the capsule into space is
that of gravity. And the other one? - how to escape from gravity
of course!  Click on one of the glasses below to go to the
history of people's understanding of gravity and how to escape
it, and see how a rocket was sent to the moon!