Rocket
A rocket is a spacecraft or any projectile object that uses a rocket engine to move forward. Rockets are more efficient in the vacuum of space than in the Earth's atmosphere as their engines are powered by reactions that expel exhaust in the opposite direction of movement at high velocities.
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MAY 19, 2022Space & Astronomy
MAY 19, 2022A rocket carrying NASA’s Endurance Mission launched successfully on May 10, 2022 from Andøya Space’s ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.APR 24, 2022Space & Astronomy
APR 24, 202232 years ago today, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery and deployed i ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 13, 2022Chemistry & Physics
APR 13, 2022On April 9th, 2022, the International Space Station welcomed its very first private guests, marking the beginning of a n ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurDEC 15, 2021Space & Astronomy
DEC 15, 2021Humanity, through the arm of NASA and John Hopkins University scientists, engineers, and support staff, has achieved a s ...Written By: Matthew LundyNOV 24, 2021Chemistry & Physics
NOV 24, 2021Scientists have successfully tested the first rocket in space propelled by an unconventional element: iodine. To fire a ...Written By: Hannah Daniel
MAY 19, 2022
Space & Astronomy
MAY 19, 2022
A rocket carrying NASA’s Endurance Mission launched successfully on May 10, 2022 from Andøya Space’s
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Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
APR 24, 2022
Space & Astronomy
APR 24, 2022
32 years ago today, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery and deployed i
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Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 13, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
APR 13, 2022
On April 9th, 2022, the International Space Station welcomed its very first private guests, marking the beginning of a n
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Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
DEC 15, 2021
Space & Astronomy
DEC 15, 2021
Humanity, through the arm of NASA and John Hopkins University scientists, engineers, and support staff, has achieved a s
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Written By:
Matthew Lundy
NOV 24, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
NOV 24, 2021
Scientists have successfully tested the first rocket in space propelled by an unconventional element: iodine. To fire a
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Written By:
Hannah Daniel
OCT 22, 2021
Health & Medicine
OCT 22, 2021
As commercial spaceflight becomes readily available, more and more people will have access to space. In decades past, on
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Hannah Daniel
OCT 13, 2021
Space & Astronomy
OCT 13, 2021
In continuing the time-honored tradition of celestial rock collecting, NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected a s
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Written By:
Matthew Lundy
OCT 08, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
OCT 08, 2021
In 2020, scientists observed something incredible: they had measured a gamma-ray burst from a distant galaxy called GNz1
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Written By:
Hannah Daniel
SEP 10, 2021
Space & Astronomy
SEP 10, 2021
Recently, NASA confirmed that the gamut of earth-based testing for the James Webb Space Telescope has been completed. Ju
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Written By:
Matthew Lundy