the rocket is accelerating
When a rocket lifts off the ground, the upward pushing force (from the engines) is greater than the downward pull of gravity, allowing the rocket to overcome gravity and lift off into the air.
1. Flag pole 2. crane 3. engines 4. chain fans 5. board lifts
The propellant
The mass of the rocket decreases when it lifts off due to the expulsion of propellant (fuel) through the engines as exhaust gases. This process generates thrust, propelling the rocket upward while reducing its overall mass as fuel is consumed.
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Probably not, but I wouldn't recommend standing too close to the rocket as it lifts off. The fumes from the rocket's engine definitely aren't very good for your lungs.
From the time the Space Shuttle's on-board computers start the launch sequence until the time the shuttle actually lifts off the pad is about 31 seconds. About 60 seconds after lift off, the engines on the shuttle are at maximum throttle.
The name of the background song in the Toyota lift off commercial where some guy lifts off in a rocket is Lift Off. This is a song which is done by Jay-Z and Kanye West.Ê
Rocket emits particles backward with great force. This means that there is also a force in the other direction, which pushes the rocket forward. Also apparent from conservation of momentum.
the expelled gases. As the rocket pushes off the gases at high speed, the equal and opposite reaction pushes the rocket in the opposite direction with an equal force, propelling it upwards.
You descend in lunar module, a special space ship designed to work in the lesser (compared to earth) gravitational pull of the moon. The LM fires it's rocket engine to slow down the descent of the craft until it lands. The LM is in two pieces. The lower part lands on the moon. The upper part fires it's engine and lifts off the moon and goes up to link with the command module orbiting the moon for the return journey back to earth.
A rocket flies by using the principle of Newton's third law of motion, which states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. The rocket engine expels high-velocity exhaust gases in one direction, creating a force that propels the rocket in the opposite direction. This results in thrust that lifts the rocket off the ground and into the air.