- Rocket - Wikipedia
Compared with airbreathing engines, rockets are lightweight and powerful and capable of generating large accelerations To control their flight, rockets rely on momentum, airfoils, auxiliary reaction engines, gimballed thrust, momentum wheels, deflection of the exhaust stream, propellant flow, spin, or gravity
- Spaceships and Rockets - NASA
What is a rocket? A rocket is used to carry a spacecraft from Earth’s surface to space, usually to low Earth orbit or beyond, and is sometimes called a launch vehicle Although rockets may appear similar, no two are alike because they are complex devices with millions of pieces and systems that must be calculated and constructed to work together
- Rocket - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A rocket may be a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which is pushed by a rocket engine Some big rockets are launch vehicles and some are manned (e g Saturn V)
- How rockets work: A complete guide | Space
Rockets are our species' best way of escaping the atmosphere of Earth and reaching space But the process behind getting these machines to work is far from simple Here's what you need to know
- Rocket | Characteristics, Propulsion, Development, Facts | Britannica
Rocket, any of a type of jet-propulsion device carrying either solid or liquid propellants that provide both the fuel and oxidizer required for combustion The term is commonly applied to any of various vehicles, including firework skyrockets, guided missiles, and launch vehicles used in spaceflight
- Guide to Rockets - Glenn Research Center | NASA
We’ll look at many different kinds of rockets, from stomp rockets, which are a special kind of artillery shell, to bottle rockets, to model rockets, to full scale boosters We’ll look at the similarities and the differences in these rockets and include some instructions for making and flying your own rockets
- Rocket Principles - NASA
A rocket in its simplest form is a chamber enclosing a gas under pressure A small opening at one end of the chamber allows the gas to escape, and in doing so provides a thrust that propels the rocket in the opposite direction
- How Do We Launch Things Into Space? - NASA Space Place
We launch things into space by putting them on rockets with enough fuel — called propellant — to boost them above most of Earth’s atmosphere Once a rocket reaches the right distance from Earth, it releases the satellite or spacecraft Watch this video about how we launch things into space!
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