Science: Rockets

Learn about rocket science. Explore a timeline of rocket development from 100 B.C to our days. Find out about the first Earth’s artificial satellite, Sputnik, and the space race between two countries. Read biographies of famous scientists and their rockets. Learn principles of rocketry and the physics and mathematics involved. There is a link to an eThemes resource on water bottle rockets. Includes a lesson plan, online rocket launch simulations, and photographs.

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• Sputnik

  Learn about and listen to Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite. Find out about its physical size and historical significance. Explore links on the left to view the timeline of first satellites, read documents and scientist biographies. Visit the "Photo Gallery" for historical images.

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• Robert Goddard

  Read the biography of Robert Goddard, the father of modern rocketry.

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• Space Race Exhibition

  Learn about the space race, Cold War, and scientific achievements on both sides. Includes quotes, photographs, and artist composite images.

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• The History of Rocket Science

  There are photographs of several rocket models.

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• The Principles of Rocket

  Learn how rockets work.

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• Rockets: Fact Sheet

  Here is a one-page PDF fact sheet on rockets and basic principles of physics involved in the rocket motion process.

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• Rocketry

  Learn about solid-fueled and liquid-fueled rockets. Scroll down the page for in-class activities.

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• Wernher von Braun

  Learn about a rocket scientist, Wernher von Braun, and his rockets that launched the first American satellite and carried American astronauts into space.

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• NASAexplores: Calculating By Hand

  Learn how NASA scientists calculated their first rockets.

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• The Apollo Saturn Reference Page

  This site has detailed information on the rockets Saturn V and Ib. Includes photographs.

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• Saturn Illustrated Chronology

  Explore the history of the Saturn rockets through the process of designing to space missions.

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• NASA Quest: Space Team Online: Rockets

  Select links on the right for a "Brief History of Rockets", "Rocket Principles", and "Practical Rocketry". Click on the "Project X-35" link for an in-class activity designed to last for two weeks and involve students in designing, budgeting, and launching rockets. Explore other links on the page for more activities.

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• Rocket Model II 2.1d Beta

  Build and launch a rocket online. Download the Java Applet to run the simulation off-line.

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• Rocket Simulations

  Find out the physics and math you need to know to design a rocket. Scroll down the page and select the "My Java Rocket Simulator" link for launching a rocket online.

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• Water Rocket Simulation

  Here is an online interactive water rocket flight simulation.

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• NASAexplores: Performance Profiles of Solid Rockets

  Here is a six-page PDF file with a lesson plan for high school students to practice their knowledge of rocket thrust. Includes teacher and student instructions and worksheets.

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• NASAexplores: Ram, Scram, and Rocket Plan

  Here is a seven-page PDF file containing a lesson plan that involves students in researching and developing turbojet, rocket, and ramjet types of engines.

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• NASAexplores: Propelling Payloads Properly

  This lesson plan is designed to help students better understand propellant and payload dependency. It is a six-page PDF file.

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• Marshall Space Flight Center History Office

  Here is an illustrated timeline of rocketry from 100 B.C. to the 1990s.

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• NASAexplores: Preventing Fires on the Launch Pad

  Learn about fire safety on launching platforms.

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• NASAexplores: Heating Things Up

  Learn about testing facilities and safety tests of rockets engines.

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• NASA: Rockets Educator Guide

  This 132-page PDF file is a teachers guide to the science of rockets.

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• National Association of Rocketry

  Here is a home page for the National Association of Rocketry (NAR). Explore links to learn about the organization, rockets, safety, and competitions.

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• eThemes Resource: Physics: Water-Bottle Rockets

  The following sites can help students understand how physics laws create motion and propel rockets. Learn about rocketry and how to build water-bottle rockets. These sites include lesson plans, activities, rocket launchers simulators, photographs, animations, and video.

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