Rockets Then
Rocket Riders
Rocketry Principles
Space Projects & Missions
Rocket Components & Systems
Rocket Developers
Rockets Now
100
This German missile was a significant step forward in rocket development
What is the V-2?
100
The first man to walk on the moon; Achievement 8 is named for him
Who was Neil Armstrong?
100
This law describes inertia: objects at rest and objects in motion remain that way unless acted upon by an outside force.
What is Newton's First Law of Motion?
100
This program started in 1981 and focused on a reusable launch system
What was the Space Shuttle program?
100
The official name for what a rocket is carrying
What is payload?
100
His three laws of motion laid the scientific groundwork for modern rocketry
Who was Isaac Newton?
100
This rocket has recoverable boosters; it has been launched 478 times
What is Falcon 9?
200
This rocket made the first successful liquid-propellant-powered flight
What is the Goddard rocket?
200
The first American to orbit the earth; orbited in the Friendship 7 capsule; one of the Mercury Seven
Who was John Glenn?
200
This law states that the acceleration of a body is equal to the applied force multiplied by the body's mass; it can also be expressed in the equation f=ma
What is Newton's Second Law of Motion?
200
This was the US's first human spaceflight program and an early highlight of the Space Race
What was Project Mercury?
200
This system provides the shape of he rocket, within which all the other systems are contained
What is the airframe?
200
He acheived the first successful flight with a liquid-propellant rocket; Achievement 7 is named after him; he is called the"Father of Modern Rocketry"
Who is Dr. Robert H. Goddard?
200
This is NASA's new launch vehicle; it will be used to take astronauts back to the Moon
What is the Space Launch System (SLS)?
300
This was launched in 1958, became America's first Earth-orbiting satellite, and discovered the Van Allen Radiation Belts
What is Explorer 1?
300
A Russian; became the first man in space and first man to orbit the earth in April 1961
Who was Yuri Gagarin?
300
This law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
What is Newton's Third Law of Motion?
300
Launched by the Saturn V, this was the first US space station
What was Skylab?
300
The system which contains everything associated with producing the force needed to get the payload to its destination
What is propulsion?
300
A German scientist, he directed the construction of the V-2 ballistic missile; after the war, he headed up several U.S. rocket programs
Who was Wernher von Braun?
300
This spacecraft won the Ansari X-Prize by flying 328, 491 feet over the earth while carrying a three-man crew, returning safely, and repeating this feat within 2 weeks
What is SpaceShipOne?
400
Developed by a Greek around 100 BC, this was the first rocket engine
What is the Aeolipile/Hero Engine?
400
The first American in space; orbited in Freedom 7 capsule
Who was Alan Shepard?
400
The amount of push developed by a rocket's propulsion system
What is thrust?
400
These missions lasted from 1965 to 1966; they were designed to carry two crew members; they paved the way for the Apollo missions
What were the Gemini Missions?
400
This system, the rocket's "brain," determines the path the rocket should take
What is the guidance system?
400
A Russian schoolteacher, he developed theoretical concepts of spaceflight, rocket designs, and an equation for rocket motion which is still used today 
Who was Konstantin Tsiolkovsky?
400
This rocket was created by Blue Origin and named for the first American to orbit the earth
What is New Glenn?
500
The first rockets designed for military use, they lit the sky with "rockets' red glare" at the Battle of Fort McHenry
What were Congreve rockets?
500
In 1923, he published a book about rocket travel into outer space; the book inspired small rocket societies, one of which developed the V-2
Who was Hermann Oberth?
500
The rate of change in velocity with respect to time
What is acceleration?
500
This was the first three-person mission; unlike the other missions in its program, it was launched by the Saturn IB
What was the Apollo 7 mission?
500
These small fins placed inside the exhaust of a rocket engine can be used to steer the rocket
What are vanes?
500
He developed the technique of spin stabilization
Who was William Hale?
500
This spacecraft served as the"mother ship" for SpaceShipOne
What is White Knight I?