History of Rockets And How They Work

What does it take for a rocket to take off?

Rocketry Becomes a Science

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Newtons Laws of Motion

Pioneers of Modern Rocketry

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935) Earth is a cradle of humanity, but one cannot remain in the cradle forever

The way a rocket is built.

The four forces that apply to rockets.

THRUST LIFT DRAG WEIGHT

Newton's Third Law

When one body exerts a force on a second
body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first body.

Newton's Second Law

The relationship between an object's mass m, its acceleration a, and the applied force F is F = ma. Acceleration and force are vectors (as indicated by their symbols being displayed in slant bold font); in this law the direction of the force vector is the same as the direction of the acceleration vector.

Newton's First Law

Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it.

Rocket Propulsion.
Engine

High Pressure Gas

Oxidizer

Nozzle

F=ma

General equation of the rockets upward flight during liftoff