How NASA Rockets Work

NASA readies rocket for launch

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NASA wants to know how the launch industry’s chic new rocket fuel explodes

For more than 60 years, nearly every large rocket used some combination of the same liquid and solid propellants.

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How does airflow affect rocket launches? NASA Artemis II simulations explained

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NASA’s Artemis II rocket nears rollout to the launchpad

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Nasa's Artemis Moon rocket rolls back to pad for possible April launch

Nasa's giant Moon rocket has returned to its launch pad for a second time, ahead of a mission to send astronauts around the Moon – something not attempted in more than 50 years.

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NASA moves Artemis 2 rocket back to launch pad ahead of moon mission

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NASA hauls its repaired moon rocket from the hangar back to the pad for an early April launch

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Modern rocketry turns 100—and NASA says the best is yet to come

A century after Robert Goddard’s first-ever launch of a liquid-fueled rocket, two NASA experts weigh in on what his legacy still holds for spaceflight’s future

Ready to roll again, NASA’s workhorse crawler has been hauling rockets since Apollo

When he’s not at work, Sam Dove drives a Chevy Silverado 1500. Dove gets to drive the crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2), which was one of two tracked vehicles originally designed to haul the Saturn V

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NASA rocket to conduct 'CT scan' of Northern Lights to help understand auroral electricity

FAIRBANKS, Alaska– Nasa is launching a rocket mission from Alaska as early as Saturday to study and help understand electrical circuitry underlying the aurora. The rocket mission will use a technique similar to how a CT scan works on humans, to ...

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NASA rocket to conduct 'CT scan' of Northern Lights

NASA is launching a rocket mission from Alaska as early as Saturday to study and help understand electrical circuitry underlying the aurora. The rocket mission will use a technique similar to how a CT scan works on humans, to reconstruct the electrical ...