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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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JUL 12, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA is no longer using its in-house space shuttle to send astronauts into space; it was decommissioned in 2011, and sin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 05, 2015Space & Astronomy
Those stranded aboard the International Space Station can finally sit back and relax on Sunday.
Although the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 04, 2015Videos
Space exploration is a very important activity that humans have a big interest in. For whatever reason, we just obsessed ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 28, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA's SpaceX Falcon 9 launch in Cape Canaveral, Florida didn't quite go as planned. The rocket, which was carrying arou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 17, 2015Space & Astronomy
As SpaceX has been developing and testing its reusable rocket technology, the European Space Agency (ESA) has been watch ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 11, 2015Space & Astronomy
After a long service in space, three International Space Station astronauts have successfully returned home to Earth. Th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 09, 2015Videos
It was a beautiful balloon that launched into the skies over Hawaii recently, carrying the LDSD, a flying saucer-like cr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 08, 2015Space & Astronomy
Very often, when referring to some simple theory or basic explanation of something, we hear "Well, it's not rocket scien ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
The tree big private space companies, Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, and Paul Allen's Vulcan Aerospace hav ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Well, it seems Elon Musk is no longer alone in non-governmental entities who are planning to colonize Mars. A new group ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 18, 2015Space & Astronomy
It may have been stripped of its status as a full-fledged planet, but that doesn't mean scientists have lost interest in ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
Have you ever felt like, okay, we had the space shuttle, so, what's next? Oh, we're going back to a capsule? Huh, it kin ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
Sailing through space. Literally sailing on the solar wind, the photons emitted by the Sun. The idea was first introduce ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 08, 2015Space & Astronomy
As you might have heard, along with the ISS and all of the satellites, there's also a bit of space junk orbiting the Ear ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 07, 2015Space & Astronomy
Have you ever thought about launching things into space and wondered, wouldn't it be easier and cheaper to take a much s ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
On May 6, 2015, teams from Space X and NASA will conduct a Pad Abort Test of a crew capsule escape system that could hop ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 17, 2015Space & Astronomy
You've probably heard of the Orion space capsule. It's part of the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or (MPCV), NASA's next man ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral yesterday with its sixth re-supply mission to the ISS, ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
When we think of going to Mars using a spacecraft with nuclear fusion engines, most of us think of science fiction, but ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 14, 2015Space & Astronomy
Future deep space missions will require propulsion this is more efficient than chemical rockets. Though it i ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 14, 2015Space & Astronomy
Solar electric propulsion uses solar panels to power an ion drive. They require no chemical fuel so they are ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 14, 2015Space & Astronomy
You may have heard recently that NASA has been planning a mission to land on an asteroid, capture a bolder, and put it i ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 10, 2015Space & Astronomy
In 2018, NASA will be sending a probe to orbit and study the Sun. The Solar Probe Plus, a craft about the size of a Toyo ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 02, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA's groundbreaking science mission to retrieve a sample from an ancient space rock has moved closer to fruition. The ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 12, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA is no longer using its in-house space shuttle to send astronauts into space; it was decommissioned in 2011, and sin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 05, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Those stranded aboard the International Space Station can finally sit back and relax on Sunday.
Although the ...
Although the ...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 04, 2015
Videos
Space exploration is a very important activity that humans have a big interest in. For whatever reason, we just obsessed
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 28, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA's SpaceX Falcon 9 launch in Cape Canaveral, Florida didn't quite go as planned. The rocket, which was carrying arou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 17, 2015
Space & Astronomy
As SpaceX has been developing and testing its reusable rocket technology, the European Space Agency (ESA) has been watch
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUN 11, 2015
Space & Astronomy
After a long service in space, three International Space Station astronauts have successfully returned home to Earth. Th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 09, 2015
Videos
It was a beautiful balloon that launched into the skies over Hawaii recently, carrying the LDSD, a flying saucer-like cr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 08, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Very often, when referring to some simple theory or basic explanation of something, we hear "Well, it's not rocket scien
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 04, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The tree big private space companies, Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, and Paul Allen's Vulcan Aerospace hav
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAY 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Well, it seems Elon Musk is no longer alone in non-governmental entities who are planning to colonize Mars. A new group
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAY 18, 2015
Space & Astronomy
It may have been stripped of its status as a full-fledged planet, but that doesn't mean scientists have lost interest in
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Have you ever felt like, okay, we had the space shuttle, so, what's next? Oh, we're going back to a capsule? Huh, it kin
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAY 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Sailing through space. Literally sailing on the solar wind, the photons emitted by the Sun. The idea was first introduce
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAY 08, 2015
Space & Astronomy
As you might have heard, along with the ISS and all of the satellites, there's also a bit of space junk orbiting the Ear
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAY 07, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Have you ever thought about launching things into space and wondered, wouldn't it be easier and cheaper to take a much s
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAY 04, 2015
Space & Astronomy
On May 6, 2015, teams from Space X and NASA will conduct a Pad Abort Test of a crew capsule escape system that could hop
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 17, 2015
Space & Astronomy
You've probably heard of the Orion space capsule. It's part of the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or (MPCV), NASA's next man
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral yesterday with its sixth re-supply mission to the ISS, ...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
When we think of going to Mars using a spacecraft with nuclear fusion engines, most of us think of science fiction, but
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 14, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Future deep space missions will require propulsion this is more efficient than chemical rockets. Though it i ...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 14, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Solar electric propulsion uses solar panels to power an ion drive. They require no chemical fuel so they are ...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 14, 2015
Space & Astronomy
You may have heard recently that NASA has been planning a mission to land on an asteroid, capture a bolder, and put it i
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 10, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In 2018, NASA will be sending a probe to orbit and study the Sun. The Solar Probe Plus, a craft about the size of a Toyo
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 02, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA's groundbreaking science mission to retrieve a sample from an ancient space rock has moved closer to fruition. The
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim