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2. Multistage rocket - Wikipedia

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   A multistage rocket or step rocket[ 1] is a launch vehicle that uses two or more rocket stages, each of which contains its own engines and propellant. A tandem or serial stage is mounted on top of another stage; a parallel stage is attached alongside another stage. The result is effectively two or more rockets stacked on top of or attached next ...

3. Model rocket - Wikipedia

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   Model rocket. Picture sequence of a model rocket launch using a B4-4 engine. The launch of a scale model of Saturn V. A typical model rocket during launch (16 times slower) A model rocket is a small rocket designed to reach low altitudes (e.g., 100–500 m (330–1,640 ft) for a 30 g (1.1 oz) model) and be recovered by a variety of means.

4. Two-stage-to-orbit - Wikipedia

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   A two-stage-to-orbit ( TSTO) or two-stage rocket is a launch vehicle in which two distinct stages provide propulsion consecutively in order to achieve orbital velocity. It is intermediate between a three-stage-to-orbit launcher and a hypothetical single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) launcher. At liftoff the first stage is responsible for accelerating ...

5. From grief to good: How maker spaces help family honor child ...

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   Plans are in the works for the 50th Matt's Maker Space, she said. Plaques commemorate the life of Matt Conover, the namesake for Matt's Maker Spaces. He died in 2002 at the age of 12.

6. Amateur rocketry - Wikipedia

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   Amateur rocketry. Amateur rocketry, sometimes known as experimental rocketry or amateur experimental rocketry, is a hobby in which participants experiment with fuels and make their own rocket motors, launching a wide variety of types and sizes of rockets. Amateur rocketeers have been responsible for significant research into hybrid rocket ...

7. Estes Industries - Wikipedia

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   Estes produced a wide variety of rocket model kits, normally using paperboard tubing for the fuselage and balsa wood for fins and nose cones. Early models tended to be relatively simple in design, differing in size, number of stages and recovery method. The first kit Estes offered was the Astron Scout (Rocket Kit K-1) which sold for $ .70.

8. Rohini (rocket family) - Wikipedia

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   Rohini (rocket family) Rohini is a series of sounding rockets developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) [ 1] for meteorological and atmospheric study. These sounding rockets are capable of carrying payloads of 2 to 200 kilograms (4.4 to 440.9 lb) between altitudes of 100 to 500 kilometres (62 to 311 mi). [ 2]

9. Reusable launch vehicle - Wikipedia

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   t. e. A reusable launch vehicle has parts that can be recovered and reflown, while carrying payloads from the surface to outer space. Rocket stages are the most common launch vehicle parts aimed for reuse. Smaller parts such as rocket engines and boosters can also be reused, though reusable spacecraft may be launched on top of an expendable ...