Curious Questions and Answers About... Space Machines

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Crew inside Apollo spacecraft Stage 4 goes off on its own Which was the biggest rocket Stage 4 Stage 3 falls away The Saturn V rockets used to carry the Apollo spacecraft to the moon were the largest rockets that have ever launched Stage 3 fires twice once to place the craft in orbit and again to send it toward its destination Stage 3 Saturn V How do rockets take off At launch rockets stand upright They burn huge amounts of liquid or solid fuel which makes a lot of exhaust This blasts out of the back of the rocket pushing it upward Stage 2 falls away Stage 2