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The Purpose Of Water Towers At Rocket Launch Sites

The Purpose Of Water Towers At Rocket Launch Sites

Whenever you watch a rocket launch, you won’t find a shortage of tall structures around the launch site. One of them is the water tower. We look at the purpose…

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How Rockets Land – The 5 Ways Spacecraft Return To Earth

How Rockets Land – The 5 Ways Spacecraft Return To Earth

The spectacular display of a rocket firing its thrusters to launch its payload into space always remains awe-inspiring. But if astronauts or parts of a spacecraft need to return to…

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What Fuels Do Rockets Use?

What Fuels Do Rockets Use?

Rockets have to produce an enormous amount of thrust to break free from Earth’s gravity and put payloads of up to 100 tons into orbit. The fuel they use largely…

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How Big Is A Rocket – The Average Size Of A Space-Bound Rocket

How Big Is A Rocket – The Average Size Of A Space-Bound Rocket

Rockets come in all shapes and sizes, making it difficult to gauge their true scale. However, by using the average size of the most prominent rockets ever developed, it is…

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Why Rockets Carry Oxygen In Addition To Fuel

Why Rockets Carry Oxygen In Addition To Fuel

The white “smoke” one typically sees emitting from a rocket on a launchpad is actually excess oxygen being vented from the vehicle. It raises the question as to why rockets…

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How The Weather Affects A Rocket Launch

How The Weather Affects A Rocket Launch

Anyone who ever watched multiple live rocket launches will be well aware of the crucial role weather plays in the success, delay, or even cancellation of any liftoff. But how…

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How Rockets Change Direction

How Rockets Change Direction

Their aerodynamic cylindrical shape makes it easy to see how rockets can “effortlessly” cut through the air. But without a type of wing structure, it may be hard to understand…

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Orbital Rockets: What They Are And How They Work

Orbital Rockets: What They Are And How They Work

Rockets are engineering marvels capable of escaping Earth’s gravity and putting humans and satellites into space. They may seem like recent inventions, but the principles of rocket technology date back…

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Are Rockets Safe?

Are Rockets Safe?

With space agencies like NASA looking to return astronauts to the Moon with its Artemis Program and SpaceX developing their Starship, more public focus is returning to space exploration, specifically…

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Why Orbital Rockets Sometimes Explode Before Or During Launch

Why Orbital Rockets Sometimes Explode Before Or During Launch

Orbital launch vehicles have come a long way since the early days of the Space Race between the United States and the former Soviet Union. Yet, rockets still seem to…

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