TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 A Record Breaking Launch 5 CHAPTER 2 Designing Rockets 11 CHAPTER 3 Soyuz U Rocket 19 THAT'S AWESOME Landing Rockets on a Ship 22 CHAPTER 4 Build a Rocket 25 Focus on Building Rockets 30 Glossary 31 To Learn More 32 Index 32
CHAPTER 1 5 A RECORD BREAKING LAUNCH The rocket stood on a launch pad in India Engineers watched with hope and a bit of anxiety Six countries were involved in the mission The project involved great risks This rocket would be releasing satellites into outer space But it would do so while traveling 17,000 miles per hour 27,400 km h An Indian rocket launches to send more than 100 satellites into outer space
