GEO Epoche PANORAMA / GEO Epoche PANORAMA 21/2021 Die Eroberung des Himmels

In its next issue, GEOEPOCHE PANORAMA tells of the realisation of an age-old human dream: the conquest of the sky. Pioneers like Otto Lilienthal experimented with new types of flying machines in the 19th century. Their findings contributed to the development of the motorised aircraft, which from the 1950s onwards served as a means of transport for more and more travellers. In space travel, it is above all the competition between the USA and the Soviet Union that leads to men setting foot on the moon for the first time in 1969.