Historical Insights

Science & Inventions

Scientific curiosity and past discoveries still impact people today. See insights about the invention of the telephone, the space race, the Wright Brothers, and more.

The Space Race Takes Off at Cape Canaveral

In the 1950s, Cape Canaveral became a launch site for the historic Space Race, propelling humanity into the cosmos.

The Wright Brothers

The Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, pioneered powered flight with their historic 1903 Kitty Hawk flight.

Additional Historical Insights

Benjamin Franklin and Electricity
Boston Light
Cape Canaveral Kennedy Space Center
Edison Demonstrates His Light Bulb at Menlo Park
First Nuclear Chain Reaction
First Self Propelled Automobile in Detroit
First Transatlantic Radio Message 1903
Fossil Hunter
Friendship 7

Great Dinosuar Rush
Hollerith 1890 Census
Invention of the Cotton Gin
Invention of the Telephone
Reversing the Chicago River
The Night the Stars Fell
The Wright Brothers
Transatlantic Telegraph