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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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SEP 01, 2024Earth & The Environment
A team of scientists has used data obtained from a suborbital rocket used in the NASA Endurance mission a to reveal an e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2024Space & Astronomy
The center of our Milky Way Galaxy is exhibiting spinning behavior while warping the spacetime environment, according to ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 19, 2024Space & Astronomy
On this historic day in space, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket at Cape Canave ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 11, 2023Earth & The Environment
Geomagnetic storms cause auroras, also known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora austral ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2023Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines how the Earth’s stratosph ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 13, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft successfully launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 10:19 am EDT (7:19 am PDT ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 28, 2023Space & Astronomy
The seventh SpaceX commercial crew, Crew-7, to the International Space Station (ISS) blasted off from NASA’s Kenne ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 04, 2023Chemistry & Physics
It’s that time of year again, when we light up the barbeques and fireworks to celebrate another fantastic July 4th ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 22, 2023Space & Astronomy
Space weather poses a myriad of threats, ranging from satellite malfunctions to astronaut health. But what if we were ab ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 23, 2023Space & Astronomy
An international team of researchers led by the University of Plymouth examined how the increasing number of satellites ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 21, 2023Space & Astronomy
After years of setbacks and delays, NASA's much-lauded Space Launch System (SLS) carrying the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 06, 2022Space & Astronomy
What is the largest explosion you’ve ever heard of or seen? Is it fireworks? Rocket launches? Nuclear explosions? ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 15, 2022Technology
Trupti Mahendrakar is a PhD student in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering at the Florida Instit ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 17, 2022Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Science Advances, a team of researchers led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 06, 2022Space & Astronomy
On August 21st, a NASA-funded sounding rocket mission launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The goal of ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.AUG 27, 2022Space & Astronomy
This series will explore historic space missions from the start of the Space Age to the present day, including both crew ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 14, 2022Space & Astronomy
This series will explore historic space missions from the start of the Space Age to the present day, including both crew ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 28, 2022Technology
A recent study conducted by a team of biofuel experts at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and publis ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 20, 2022Space & Astronomy
On June 20, 1969, humans walked on the Moon for the first time. Fifty-three years ago, the Apollo 11 mission paved the w ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.JUL 04, 2022Earth & The Environment
Space tourism is becoming a booming industry thanks to private companies like Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, and SpaceX. ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 01, 2022Space & Astronomy
Towards the end of last year, astronomers spotted a rocket that was on a collision course with the Moon. The impact fina ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.MAY 19, 2022Space & Astronomy
A 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
32 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
On April 9th, 2022, the International Space Station welcomed its very first private guests, marking the beginning of a n ...Written By: Amanpreet Kaur
SEP 01, 2024
Earth & The Environment
A team of scientists has used data obtained from a suborbital rocket used in the NASA Endurance mission a to reveal an e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2024
Space & Astronomy
The center of our Milky Way Galaxy is exhibiting spinning behavior while warping the spacetime environment, according to
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 19, 2024
Space & Astronomy
On this historic day in space, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket at Cape Canave
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 11, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Geomagnetic storms cause auroras, also known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora austral
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2023
Space & Astronomy
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines how the Earth’s stratosph
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 13, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft successfully launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 10:19 am EDT (7:19 am PDT
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 28, 2023
Space & Astronomy
The seventh SpaceX commercial crew, Crew-7, to the International Space Station (ISS) blasted off from NASA’s Kenne
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 04, 2023
Chemistry & Physics
It’s that time of year again, when we light up the barbeques and fireworks to celebrate another fantastic July 4th
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 22, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Space weather poses a myriad of threats, ranging from satellite malfunctions to astronaut health. But what if we were ab
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 23, 2023
Space & Astronomy
An international team of researchers led by the University of Plymouth examined how the increasing number of satellites
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 21, 2023
Space & Astronomy
After years of setbacks and delays, NASA's much-lauded Space Launch System (SLS) carrying the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 06, 2022
Space & Astronomy
What is the largest explosion you’ve ever heard of or seen? Is it fireworks? Rocket launches? Nuclear explosions?
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 15, 2022
Technology
Trupti Mahendrakar is a PhD student in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering at the Florida Instit
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 17, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Science Advances, a team of researchers led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 06, 2022
Space & Astronomy
On August 21st, a NASA-funded sounding rocket mission launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The goal of
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
AUG 27, 2022
Space & Astronomy
This series will explore historic space missions from the start of the Space Age to the present day, including both crew
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 14, 2022
Space & Astronomy
This series will explore historic space missions from the start of the Space Age to the present day, including both crew
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 28, 2022
Technology
A recent study conducted by a team of biofuel experts at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and publis
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 20, 2022
Space & Astronomy
On June 20, 1969, humans walked on the Moon for the first time. Fifty-three years ago, the Apollo 11 mission paved the w
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
JUL 04, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Space tourism is becoming a booming industry thanks to private companies like Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, and SpaceX.
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 01, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Towards the end of last year, astronomers spotted a rocket that was on a collision course with the Moon. The impact fina
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
MAY 19, 2022
Space & Astronomy
A rocket carrying NASA’s Endurance Mission launched successfully on May 10, 2022 from Andøya Space’s
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
APR 24, 2022
Space & Astronomy
32 years ago today, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery and deployed i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 13, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
On April 9th, 2022, the International Space Station welcomed its very first private guests, marking the beginning of a n
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur