In a military context a missile is a rocket-propelled, guided weapon.
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AirSpace Season 9, Episode 1: The Suicide Squad
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Restoring the Museum’s V-2 Missile
The Military Rockets that Launched the Space Age
Project Paperclip and American Rocketry after World War II
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Modern Military Aviation
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
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National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
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Three Types of Engines
Learn how piston engines, jet engines, and rocket engines all depend on the same basic principles to produce thrust.
http://howthingsfly.si.edu/propulsion/engines
Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Aircraft, Missiles, Rockets, Technology and Engineering
Smithsonian Science Starter: How to Launch a Rocket
This lesson will investigate how rocketry works, and the role of Newton’s Second and Third Laws of Motion in explaining rocket motion.
https://s.si.edu/SSSHowLaunchRocket
Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Missiles, Rockets, Science, Spacecraft, Technology and Engineering
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Smithsonian Science Starter: Learn About Rocket Launches Using Balloons – ISS Science
What do balloons have to do with rockets? Find out in this episode of ISS Science with Astronaut Randy Bresnik.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZUfw20GoMQ&t=124s
Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Human spaceflight, Missiles, Rockets, Technology and Engineering, Spaceflight
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The Rocket and the Reich: Peenemünde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era
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American Missiles: The Complete Smithsonian Field Guide
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