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Fuel for shuttle takeoff?
The main engines use liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid oxygen (LOX). The booster rockets use solid fuel, which is Ammonium Perchlorate Composite Propellant (APCP).
Where can rockets go?
rockets can go anywhere.space is where rockets can go
What are three main types of rockets that power modern spacecrafts?
The three kinds of rockets are solid fuel rockets, liquid fuel rockets, and ion powered rockets.
What element is extracted from air When liquified it is used to launch space rockets?
Common elements pulled from the atmosphere used in spaceflight are oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen. Nitrogen isn't used for propellant, its actually used prior to ignition to purge the engines of anything that may inhibit or react during ignition.
Why do rockets take off?
Rockets take off to carry things (called payloads) into space. Do you mean 'how' do rockets take off, or how do rockets work?
What has the author F A Williams written?
F. A. Williams has written: 'Fundamental aspects of solid propellant rockets' -- subject(s): Solid propellant rockets, Solid propellants
What has the author R E Sorkin written?
R. E. Sorkin has written: 'Gas dynamics and thermodynamics of solid-propellant rockets' -- subject(s): Solid propellant rockets
Why do rockets drop there fuel tanks?
the efficiency of rocket propellant is called specific impulse the more the specific impulse the more the performance .
What is the difference between solid propellant and liquid propellant rockets?
The Shuttle uses both. The outer rockets on the main body are aluminum oxide. Once lit you are on. In the big container sits a lot of separated liquid Oxygen and liquid Hydrogen. When mixed at the output nozzles, a steerable, controllable jet of very hot water is let go. The difference being solid rockets go on then off. The liquid ones are controllable.
What has the author I Kh Fakhrutdinov written?
I. Kh Fakhrutdinov has written: 'Raketnye dvigateli tverdogo topliva' -- subject(s): Solid propellant rockets
When was solid propellant rockets invented?
A simple rocket like you fire on the 4th of July is a solid propellent rocket. It is a tube filled with gunpowder that is attached to a stick. The Chinese invented these rockets back around ~1200 AD.
What has the author N A Kimmel written?
N. A. Kimmel has written: 'Alternate nozzle ablative materials program' -- subject(s): Jet nozzles, Solid propellant rockets
What has the author Harold C Colvin written?
Harold C. Colvin has written: 'The effects of sonic vibrations on injector characteristics of liquid propellant rockets' -- subject(s): Aeronautics
What are some advantages and dis advantages of the rocket?
rockets have more disadvantages than advantages rockets are extremely inefficient they consume enormous amounts of fuel, and most still use liquid propellant which is hard to find in space, they do however have a huge thrust to weight ratio
What did Harrison Allen Jr invent?
Harrison Allen Jr. specialized in the development of high energy fuels for rockets, super sonic combustion and solid rocket propellant rocket motors.
Propellant propellent which is correct?
Propellant
What gas is used in rockets?
Other than rockets that use solid propellants or liquids (hydrazine, kerosene), large multi-stage rockets can be fueled with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. The frigid liquid form is used because it provides a greater volume of propellant than simply pressurized gas. The more fuel it has, the faster and higher a rocket can go.
