Science Behind Superman's Flight

Science Behind Superman's Flight — page 1
INTRODUCTION SOARING LIKE SUPERMAN Superman has no wings No engine No special gear But with a single leap he can defy gravity and fly into the air Humans don't have Superman's powers But the science of flight lets people soar through the air in amazing ways FACT Superman first appeared in comics in 1938 But at first he only leaped over tall buildings He didn't begin flying until the early 1940s gravity a force that pulls objects together gravity pulls objects down toward the center of Earth