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Launch vehicles are mostly aluminum. It's light, strong, and inexpensive, and you need a lot of it to hold all the propellant. The old Atlas was made of very thin stainless steel, too thin to stand on its own, so it always had to be pressurized. The casing on the Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters is steel. Some solid motors use composite casings.
The engines contain a lot of high temperature steel alloys to handle the stress and temperature.
Some are made of lithium also because its' light and strong like aluminum.
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Was Apollo 11 the first rocket to launch space?
No there were many rockets launched into space before the Apollo program.The first rockets that went into space were German made V2 rockets from the Second World War.
Do rockets carry people to space?
no, rockets carry equipment for people in space
Are rockets and spaceships the same thing?
no it is not because a rocket is made for killing and a space ship is made for transportation
Which country was the first to produce rockets during the space race?
The first rockets that carried man into space were made by the Russian's in 1961. The USA didn't get a man into space until 1964 but beat the Russians to the moon in 1969.
How do rockets move in space?
rockets move with the control
Putting rockets into space was made possible by the development of?
multistage rockets
What is the difference between space rockets and space shuttles?
space shuttles were made to be reusable, rockets were used only once
How do human made satellites travel in space?
By rockets
Was Apollo 11 the first rocket to launch space?
No there were many rockets launched into space before the Apollo program.The first rockets that went into space were German made V2 rockets from the Second World War.
Did Wernher Von Braun travel into space?
No. He made the rockets that sent Americans to space
What are rockets used for?
Some rockets are used for space travel and others are used for war. some other rockets are hand made like baking soda rockets. Rockets carry satellites and astronauts into space, missiles, distress beacons, even pyrotechnics (fireworks) for amusement.
What is made items are made out of aluminum?
aero planes space rockets frames cans
How humans made satellites travel through space?
They travel by rockets
Will rockets work in space?
Yes. The space shuttle uses rockets in space to manuever.
Do rockets take animals to space?
yes rockets take animals to space
Do rockets carry people to space?
no, rockets carry equipment for people in space
How does rockets aid in space exploration?
Rockets lift the astronauts into space to do their exploration.
