August
07
/ 2022
In 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth. In 1969, the American Apollo 11 moon mission placed the first human boots on the surface of the moon. These nations, however, were hardly the first to contemplate the stars and ponder the possibility of space travel. Humanity has long wondered at the sky and sought to take flight, and it was in England, 1640, that a man of science first proposed a manned moon mission, and it was to be accomplished with a flying chariot! John Wilkins Was A Clergyman, Mathematician, and Astronomer John Wilkins was a mathematician, astronomer, and a member of the clergy. He was born in 1614 to goldsmith Walter Wilkins and
