Newton's Laws + extra facts
British scientist who invented calculus, laws of motion, gravity, and much more. Lived in the 1600s.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
What is the order of centers on a stable rocket
United States and Soviet Union
Who was the Space Race between?
Mass and acceleration
What has an inverse relationship in F=ma?
Point on an object where mass is perfectly balanced
What is the center of gravity?
German scientist who built Saturn V for NASA
Who was Werner Von Braun?
An object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion (same speed + direction unless acted on by an unbalanced force
What is inertia/Newtons 1st Law of Motion?
Point on object where total force of outside pressures act
What is the center of pressure?
First artificial satellite that was successfully launched in 1957
What was Sputnik?
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
What is Newton's 3rd Law
Spin a rocket about its center of gravity to see if it is stable
What is the flight test?
Father of Modern Rocketry, an American physicist who launched the first liquid propellant rocket
Who was Robert Goddard?
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What is the rotational form of Newton's second law of motion?
What are the 3 axes of rotation on a rocket?
lateral - pitch
longitudinal - roll
vertical - yaw
First human to orbit earth. Hint: this was a soviet cosmonaut
Who was Yuri Gagarin?