Star Bursts and Rocket Blasts
Education Monthly Theme
This month, our monthly theme examines two types of explosions: rocket blasts and supernovas.
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What is an explosion, and why are they important for air and space? Join us for a fun family day as we explore together!
This month, our monthly theme examines two types of explosions: rocket blasts and supernovas.
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What is an explosion, and why are they important for air and space? Join us for a fun family day as we explore together!
Rocket Blasts
How do rockets work?
How do rockets work?
Object Highlight
F-1 Engine
The F-1 engine, with 1.5 million pounds of thrust, was a crucial element of taking astronauts to the Moon.
Star Bursts
Supernovas happen when stars explode.
This mosaic image, one of the largest ever taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of the Crab Nebula, is a six-light-year-wide expanding remnant of a star's supernova explosion. People across the world, including Japanese and Chinese astronomers, witnessed this violent event nearly 1,000 years ago in 1054.