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How can a rocket launched from Earth orbit around Mars without the engines being used?
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∙ 15y ago
There is no way to get a spacecraft from Earth orbit to Mars, or to establish an orbit around mars, without some form of propulsion being used.
However, the Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky proposed, back in 1924, that the pressure of sunlight on an object in space could be used to propel a spacecraft. (See link.) In 1960, science fiction great Arthur C. Clarke wrote a story in Boy's Life magazine about a race from Earth orbit to the Moon using solar sailboats.
So it might be possible to fly a spacecraft from Earth to Mars using a solar sailer, but it would probably not be possible to get into orbit without using rocket engines once you get there.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoa rocket can move in space when the engines are off because there is no air or gradational resistance
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Where was the first rocket launched by the US?
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When was the Saturn V rocket launched?
it was launched in 1958
Who launched the first rocket?
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How was the first rocket launged in space?
The first "rocket" successfully launched into space was actually a V-2 missile. The first rocket-ship that was successfully launched into space used rocket engines. A rocket engine pushes the rocket forward by expelling its exhaust in the opposite direction at a high speed.
What is the difference between a space shuttle and a rocket?
Answer The Space Shuttle is a rocket. By definition, a Rocket is a vehicle that burns gas that it carries with it. Where as, a jet airplane burns the oxygen from the air and is not a rocket. The Rocket when it is launched has a liquid fuel rocket engines at the back end of it. It also has two long, solid fuel rocket engines that separate after launch. But the space shuttle is pulled by a rocket.
What are two main types of rocket engines?
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Where was the first rocket launched by the US?
the rocket was actually launched in either China or Russia
What was the first rocket launched during World War 2?
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When was the Saturn V rocket launched?
it was launched in 1958
Who launched the first rocket?
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What year was the V2 Rocket launched?
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What is rocket cryogenic engines?
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The smallest rocket?
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Where was Niel Armstrong's rocket launched?
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