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The word sounding comes from the nautical term meaning 'to measure'. We use sounding rockets to perform measurements and experiments in space. Sounding rockets do not enter orbit, but can go very high into space.
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∙ 13y agoSputnik is is the English transliteration of the Russian for name for the device "Sputnik 1" (Спутник-1). Sputnik is Russian for "Satellite".
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What is the name of the rocket neil Armstrong went in to the moon?
The rocket was called the Eagle, Neil Armstrong named it himself.
What was Helen sharman's rocket called?
Soyuz TM-12
What was the name of the rocket they traveled on?
The Apollo 11 mission was powered by a Saturn V rocket. The command module was called Columbia and the lunar module, in which he descended to the lunar surface, was named Eagle.
What rocket did neil Armstrong go on to the moon?
All Apollo missions to the moon were launched by Saturn 5 rockets. However, the last portion of the rocket was jettisoned shortly after trans-lunar insertion, so the majority of the rip was made using the Apollo Spacecraft, which had rockets but was not itself a rocket.
What was the name of the rocket neil Armstrong landed on the moon in?
The lunar module that carried Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the surface of the moon and back to the command module was called 'Eagle". The command module that remained in orbit around the moon and eventually carried all three astronauts back to earth was called "Columbia".
What has the author Willis L Webb written?
Willis L. Webb has written: 'Paso's mesoscale environment' -- subject(s): Climate, Mesometeorology, Rocket observations, Sounding rockets, Upper Atmosphere 'Meteorological Rocket Network history' -- subject(s): History, Meteorological Rocket Network, Rocket observations, Sounding rockets, Upper Atmosphere
What was Robert Goddard's goal?
His first goal was to build a sounding rocket with which to study the atmosphere.
How long does it take for a rocket to reach space?
All depends on the rocket. The Soyuz, for example, takes about 4-5 min, where as the Shuttle takes about 8. A sounding rocket like Atea 1 would take around 3 minuets.
What is the Black Brant XII Rocket?
Missile designed to send scientific instrument packages and sounding charges high into the atmosphere.
What has the author Edward F McKenna written?
Edward F. McKenna has written: 'Sounding rocket flight data summary, 1977-October 1990' -- subject(s): Sounding rockets, Launch vehicles (Astronautics)
What is a rocket with 2 or more stages is called?
It is called a multistage rocket.
What is a river depth reading called?
A sounding
What is the outer shell of a rocket called?
The 'rocket body' .
A person who sells rockets is called?
A person who sells rockets is called a "rocket vendor" or a "rocket seller."
What is electrical depth sounding equipment called?
Sonar.
What is an Organ stop called that is fluty sounding?
Clarabella
What do they call the sides of a rocket?
It's simply called the rocket body.
