How We Make Rockets That Reach the Moon
Join Dr. Roger Billings and the Science Live team as we explore how we make rockets that reach the Moon, featuring NASA’s Artemis II mission — the first crewed return to the Moon in over 50 years!
In this lesson, discover what makes the massive SLS rocket so powerful: its giant solid rocket boosters, liquid hydrogen fuel, and the incredible engineering that lifts millions of pounds into space. You’ll also explore the advanced Orion spacecraft, the groundbreaking laser communication system that beamed HD video from 240,000 miles away, and the record-breaking 252,000-mile journey that took humans farther from Earth than ever before.
Whether you’re a budding space enthusiast, curious about the Artemis program, learning about rocket science, or dreaming of becoming an astronaut, this lesson has something for you. Perfect for students who want to understand the real engineering and technology behind sending rockets — and people — all the way to the Moon and beyond!
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Did they get out and walk around on the moon while they were there?
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It would be cool to see a solar eclipse up close.
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How does the laser carry information to earth?
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i saw the rocket in space
This is so cool! My little brother loves space and he is watching. He loves these pictures!
It was awesome to watch too. From florida
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Hello this is Zoey Jenkins from NC! I loved this week topic about how rockets will reach the moon. It was very interesting and I cannot wait for next week.
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How far away is Mars from Earth, and how long will it take a rocket to get there
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When is NASA planning to go back to the moon?
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I wanna go to the moon
This live is cool we watched the astronauts that launched and just came back from the moon this past week. Now seeing how the rockets were made to get their is so cool.
How fast does the rocket go?
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i watched the moon crew in space
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When do u think the rocket will reach further, or jsut around our solar system?
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How big is space do you know?
Thats a very interesting plane at the last 5 minutes of the video
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Dr. Billings, you are amazing! Our future looks interesting for sure, with technology changing the world with its new inventions.
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very intresting
I loved this lesson today
how do you make the rocket you how do you make the like metal oven you need to the engines to last the heat of the power you need a glass to go through strong glass and the end.
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Go rockets 🚀
I didnt know about how fast it went on the way back it was more than 2000 MPH crazy
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ammonium perchlorate composite propellant
Great Episode
What type of fuel is Artemis lll gonna have?
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why they didn’t land on the moon?
I thought it was really interesting that Dr.T talked about space ships from TX.
Hi from kentucky always an interesting watch
How big will the moon station be?
This is great!
The space mission was really cool.
i have watch a rocket take off
This was so fun and interesting
Why does Elon Musk push so much to pass the Moon & on to Mars?
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When will the rocket launch?
Why did NASA stop exploring the ocean?
Love this!
i like the theory of making methane as fuel to return from mars
each time we went to the moon have we used different rockets?
im learning a lot
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I think it would be cool to have the ability to go to and from mars.
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The rockets in the video were really cool.
Being inside of a space capsule must’ve been so incredible.
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NASA is launching a rocket in 2027 to the moon
Good evening from Texas! Learning how rockets reach the moon is so cool.
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Hello from Massachusetts! I’m Shayla, and I won’t be coming to the science fair, but I’m excited to watch!
Such a fun episode!!
Its very cool how they had a good plan to do the 10 day landing to the moon!
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so cool to learn!
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Artemis is cool
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Artemis is super interesting!
How many stages did the rocket have?
I liked how detailed Tobias was when describing the planning for the Artemis II launch.
Hi from Virginia
Hi! So cool to learn about the moon!! So interesting thanks for teaching us! 😀
Each is Twin solid rocket boosters fueled with Polybutadiene Acrylonitrile.
All rockets are named after greek
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is it possible that humans can live on mars and other planets
I’m so glad to be here
that’s really intreasing the space x uses liquid methane so propel the rockets because its smaller
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I think it’s interesting that they could put two rocket boosters and aim at the moon.
Why do rockets curve and not continue straight up?
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this is so cool cant wait for next week
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my dream is to go the the moon one day
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This is really cool!
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yes you seemed to have pre recorded the livestream and uploaded it, at least it’s like that for me
Omg this is so cool to learn about!
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I loved how much I learned about rockets.
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i love how they celebrate like that. shows it either took trial and error, or it worked first try
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It’s so cool everything that we have learned or experiments that have occurred due to space travel.
That must be such a stressful job
Rockets are so interesting!
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Such a good episode. Space travel is so complex, yet so intriguing. What an intriguing fact (it takes 10 (25,000 miles) string)
how are they going make fuel on mars?
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Hello, thank you.
Each is fueled with Polybutadiene Acrylonitrile.
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sounds cool
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I usually have a problem with the live due to the time difference between the USA and Egypt. Can I satisfy the requirement by viewing the recorded episode later in the week
I wonder what it feels like to be in a rocket for 10 days
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Hi, Dr. Billings! The solid rocket boosters on the sides of artemis are made up of a fuel, oxidizer, metal fuel additive, and igniter chemicals. The fuel is PBAN (polubitadiene acrylnitrile). The oxidizer, ammonium perchlorate. The metal fuel additive, aluminum powder. Finally, the igniter chemicals are triethylaluminum triethylborane (TEA-TEB). I went to Florida to see the Artemis 2 launch at the Kennedy Space Center Complex. It was amazing! Glad you had a show about this tonight.
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cryogenic liquid propellants
I am honestly happy to hear how they do this stuff…….Love you all!!
Good night, such an amazing class.
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I Loved this Live today. I have always been interested in space and ya’ll hep me understand it better. Thank you!
Rockets are incredible!!
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Hello. Thanks for the live! Its a really important part of my wensday every week. Also I cant belive we sent people back to the moon.
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The fuel is APCP.
How much does it cost to make those solid rockets?
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