This German-born engineer led the development of the Saturn V rocket.
Wernher von Braun
This force propels a rocket upwards by expelling gas downwards.
Thrust
This mission landed the first humans on the Moon.
Apollo 11
These help stabilize the rocket during flight.
Fins
Rockets are mounted on this structure before liftoff.
Launch Pad
Often considered the father of modern rocketry, he launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926.
Robert Goddard
This is the minimum speed required for an object to break free from Earth's gravity.
Escape Velocity
SpaceX launched this heavy-lift rocket for the first time in 2018.
Falcon Heavy
This part reduces air resistance as the rocket ascends.
Nose Cone
This is the process of discarding parts of the rocket during ascent to reduce weight.
Stage Separation
This Soviet engineer was the mastermind behind the first human spaceflight.
Sergei Korolev
What is the ideal rocket equation?
Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space during this mission.
Vostok 1
Rockets carry this because there’s no oxygen in space for combustion.
Oxidizer
This Florida-based site has been home to many famous U.S. rocket launches.
Cape Canaveral