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Rocketry
Dan Wilkins
Basic Principles
Operating Principal
Newton’s third law of motion:
“For every action there is an equal
and opposite reaction.”
A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other
vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engine.
In all rockets, the exhaust is formed entirely from
propellants carried within the rocket before use.
Rocket engines work by action and reaction. Rocket
engines push rockets forwards simply by throwing
their exhaust backwards extremely fast.
Liquid Fueled Rocket - Operating Principal
Thrust: amount depends on mass flow through
engine and exit velocity of gas
Solid Fuel Rocket - Operating Principal
• Fuel and oxidizer packed together in solid cylinder
• Will not burn until heat is applied (store easily)
• Bad News – Once ignited, cannot be “un-ignited”
History
History
• 1st century A.D. fireworks
• 1232 first use as weapon of war
• 13th - 15th centuries much experimenting and improving
less use as weapons
• 16th century step rocket
Newton’s laws of motion
• 1720 steam-propelled model car
• 18th- 19th centuries weapons revival
China!
First used as weapon of war (1232 AD)
“And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.”
- Francis Scott Key
Written after witnessing the bombardment
by rockets of Fort McHenry by the British
Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay
during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the
War of 1812.
History - Modern Rocketry
• 1898 Space exploration by rocket
proposed by writers
• Early 20th century Goddard’s experiments
liquid-propelled rockets
• Early 20th century German Rocket Clubs formed
1941 - 1945 German build first
large-scale rockets
during World War
1945 - Today Development of
guided rockets
continues…..
Spaceflight Begins
• October 4, 1957 Sputnik I
• January 31, 1958 Explorer I
• April 12, 1961 Gagarin first man to orbit
Earth
• February 20, 1962 John Glenn first American to
orbit Earth
•
• …and the race was on!
•
• July 20, 1969 Moon landing
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy,
but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our
energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are unwilling to postpone, and one
which we intend to win, and the others, too. “
President John F. Kennedy, 1962
Sputnik!
Wait a minute, this guy is…?
Yuri Gagarin became the first human being in space on
12th April 1961 when he flew aboard Vostok from
Baikonur cosmodrome in the Soviet Union.
John Glenn – First American in orbit
Atlas!
The Space Shuttle
STS!
Hubble!
Launch Failures
My Favorite Launch Failure
The Future of Rocketry
2004 “Spaceship One”
2004 “Spaceship One” Launch
2004 “Spaceship One” In Fight
2004 “Spaceship One” View
2004 “Spaceship One” Landing
Commercial Space Travel
SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft
Orbital Sciences “Antares”
Blue Origin Vehicle

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Rocketry briefing

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  1. http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/rocketry/04.html In 1232 AD the Chinese used rockets against the Mongols who were besieging the city of Kai-fung-fu. An arrow with a tube of gunpowder produced an arrow of flying fire. (Reproduced from a painting by Charles Hubbell and presented here courtesy of TRW Inc.and Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio)
  2. http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/rocketry/34.html The Army Ballistic Missile Agency incorporated the Von Braun team in key positions with Dr. Von Braun as head of the Development Operations Division. On October 4, 1957, the nation was shocked when the Russians launched Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite. Two months later, the United States suffered disappointment when a Navy Vanguard rocket, with its satellite payload, failed to develop sufficient thrust and toppled over on the launch pad.
  3. Name of Image: Shepard Lifts Off MIX #: 6414825 NIX #: MSFC-00334 Date of Image: 5-May-61 Category: Rockets Full Description: Astronaut Alan B, Shepard, Jr. lifts off in the Freedom-7 Mercury spacecraft on May 5, 1961. This third flight of the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) vehicle, developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and the rocket team in Huntsville, Alabama, was the first manned space mission for the United States. During the 15-minute suborbital flight, Shepard reached an altitude of 115 miles and traveled 302 miles downrange. (MRPO) MRD/SPD Discipline(s): n/a (MRPO) Subject Type: n/a Keywords: History, Rockets, Freedom-7 MSFC Negative Number: 6414825 Reference Number: 0020H (MRPO) Source Ref#: n/a