Did you know that a typical rocket produces more than a million pounds of thrust that allows it to carry more than 6,000 pounds? Topping speeds of 22,000 mph. The topic of this information report is rockets. I will cover 3 topics, Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 and the parts of a rocket and how it works.
Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer. Neil Armstrong was also the first person to walk on the moon. He was also a naval aviator test pilot and university professor. Neil Armstrong died on August 25th 2012. After suffering a cardiac tear when placing a wire, routinely placed on the surface of his heart during cardiac bypass surgery, was removed and he suffered from bleeding.
Apollo 11 is a story well documented. But with so many people involved in the mission and the immense influence of the moon landing, a few facts have fallen into relative obscurity. Here are a few facts about the Apollo 11 rocket. Apollo 11 was the first flight to send people to the moon. It was done by NASA, the American space agency. It went up to space on 16 July 1969, (exactly 41 years before my brother was born!), carrying three astronauts. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
What are the parts of a rocket? A rocket is made of 4 main parts: the nose cone, fins, rocket body and the engine. A nose cone is the conically shaped forward most section of a rocket, guided missile or aircraft, designed to modulate on coming airflow behaviour and minimise aerodynamic drag. Fins are used on smaller rockets to provide stability and control direction. The purpose of the rocket body is to house the fuel. It is often in the form of a hollow cylinder because it reduces the amount of surface area that is in contact with the air. Finally, the engine of the rocket, A rocket engine uses stored rocket propellants as the reaction mass for forming a high speed propulsion jet of fluid, usually high tempered gas.
Hope you liked my information report and learned about rockets and how they work and some interesting facts about them. If you have any questions comment down below.
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