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    • Lift-off of the Apollo 11 on 16 July 1969.
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    Lift-off of the Apollo 11 on 16 July 1969. The 110 metre high Saturn V rocket carries three astronauts towards the Moon.

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      Lift-off

      A rocket will launch and keep speeding up as long as the force pushing it upwards (thrust) is greater than the forces pulling and pushing it downwards (gravity and drag). Newton’s first law ...

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      Brief history of rockets – timeline

      This timeline looks at some of the historical aspects of rockets – taking science and technology to new heights. 1232 – Chinese fire arrows The first true rocket is invented by the Chinese. Fire ...

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