Water travel

In primitive times, boats were developed to be used in rivers for fishing. Then sail were invented and they used the wind to move the ship. Sailing ships were used to carry cargo for trade. Ships were also used in war. Later, steam engines made ships travel even faster.

Air travel

Can you guess what were the first man-made flying objects? Kites! The famous painter Leonardo da Vinci had the idea of flying machines, but never constructed them. Montgolfier brothers invented the first hot air balloon. The first aeroplane ever was built by two American brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright in 1903. The plane called The Wright Flyer was the beginning of air travel.

Space

Rocket technology is one of the most important inventions of the last hundred years. It has given humans a way of travelling into space and discovering a whole new world. The first human spaceflight was achieved with the Soviet space program in 1961. Yuri Gagarin was the first astronaut.