an internal combustion engine does. That's why rockets have to carry tanks of both fuel and oxidizer. The SpaceX Falcon 9's Merlin engines use rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) fuel with liquid oxygen ...

[iStockphoto] Rockets have allowed us to launch robots, animals, and people into orbits around the Earth — and even beyond. They do not work by "pushing against the air," instead, rockets use ...

Emerson, Georgia Institute of Technology Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Why ...

Join PMKs junior hosts Jay and Elisha for a thrilling tour of underwater and sky borne transport in Radical Rockets The action begins on a Trident nuclear submarine where Jay walks over missile ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Why does a rocket have to go 25,000 mph ...