RocketryRocketry

Kim Lachler

Updated 2015NCES: 6.1.3

RocketryRocketry

The Chinese The Chinese invented the crude invented the crude gunpowder gunpowder rockets.rockets.

FireworksFireworks

The_First_Rockets.mov

Types of RocketsTypes of Rockets

Today rockets are Today rockets are either:either:

Solid fuelSolid fuel

Liquid fuelLiquid fuel

Types of RocketsTypes of Rockets

SolidSolid

a dry chemicala dry chemical

An oxidizer An oxidizer (oxygen) which (oxygen) which helps ignites the helps ignites the fuelfuel

Types of RocketsTypes of Rockets

Nose coneIgniter

1 fuel tank

Solid fuel

Combustion chamber

Exhaust nozzles

Solid

Types of RocketsTypes of Rockets

LiquidLiquid

Alcohol or refined Alcohol or refined kerosenekerosene

LOX – liquid oxygenLOX – liquid oxygen

Types of RocketsTypes of Rockets

2 fuel tanks

Oxidizer

Liquid fuel

Nose cone

pumpCombustion camber

Exhaust nozzles

Liquid

Nose ConesNose Cones

Carries the “payload”Carries the “payload”

InstrumentsInstruments

Manned capsuleManned capsule

WarheadsWarheads

Why does a rocket work?Why does a rocket work?

Newton’s Third Law of MotionNewton’s Third Law of Motion

For every action there is an equal and For every action there is an equal and

opposite reaction. opposite reaction. Newton_s_Third_Law_of_Motion__How_Rockets_Work.mov

Why does a rocket work?Why does a rocket work?

Exhaust

Thrust

BibliographyBibliography

Ortleb, Edward, Cadice Richard, Exploring Space, Milliken Publishing Company, St. Louis, MO 1986Ortleb, Edward, Cadice Richard, Exploring Space, Milliken Publishing Company, St. Louis, MO 1986 Google images, http://www.google.com/imghp, accessed 4/19/11Google images, http://www.google.com/imghp, accessed 4/19/11 Best Animation, http://bestanimations.com/Sci-Fi/Spaceships/Rockets/Rockets.html, accessed Best Animation, http://bestanimations.com/Sci-Fi/Spaceships/Rockets/Rockets.html, accessed

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