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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Thank you!! See you next time!!
I’m so excited to see this year’s Science Fair projects! 😀 (I’d make my own, but I’m really busy most of the time- T^T)
The Artemis rocket launch was a pleasure to watch!
i love learning about rockets.
That was a great episode! Learning about the Artimus 2 program!
hello everyone
Thank you guys so much
Thank you
How much fuel does it take to get to the moon and back?
I always enjoy the Area 51 😮💨
I need to be an astronaut!!
I love Acellus!!!
Awesome live today, i loved it!!
Very interesting.
SO COOL!
Awesome video love the facts that I learned today. Thank you so much.
Hearing about history of the Artemis 2 and Artemis 1 and future of the Artemis 3 is AWESOME 🤩
Hi Skylar! Science rocks! 🤩
Such a great science live!
Bye see you next week!
WHERE DID THEY LAND?
This was so interesting to watch
Those giant crocdiles would be terrifying to have to deal with.
I love it
Space is always such an interesting topic!
Really liked the video from space
It’s so surreal to know that we’re currently living in a historical moment, that I will be alive to witness the second moon landing and beyond!
What happens to a balloon in space?
Best yet, can’t wait to see when we get to the Moon
This was very interesting and i learned a lot
Nice live tonight. I’m interested in the Artemis mission and love learning about!
i loved the science live
Hello from Texas
great episode
Hello from New York and I loved science live today and I find it cool how the Artemis 2 did that, I also think its cool how people found those huge bones to that huge croc.
Beautiful story ,
I enjoy tobias
Great live
I love science live!!
thank you for this live!!
Great job
I think it was interesting when they talked about the rockets. :]
how do scientists figure out what dinosaurs’ skin texture was?
Hi from Texas
Another great live!
I love science
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Live was so cool
This was such a good live!!
Loved the part of the crocodile part
Artemis is so cool! Rockets are such amazing vehicles, I’ve loved learning about them. It would be cool if Artemis made contact with the Lunar Roving vehicle from the early 1970s! It’s still there!
Space exploration is so interesting
Can the moon pull the rockets in to orbit?
That was cool! I look forward to the next one!
Awesome live! I love space!
Bill Lear fan jet.
my fav so far
Great live!!! Blessings from the Dominican Republic.
Great show, Loved learning about space travel and how precise the engineers need to be.
It was great to hear about the Artemis II mission today! And it’s amazing that they’ve used hydrogen to fuel things in space! How did people discover hydrogen would be a good fuel source instead of different elements?
This video was one of my favorites.
Love it!!!!!
such an awesome video!!!
Hello! I want to go to space!
Oh boy thank you for this live.
I can’t believe the rocket is as big as a football field
this science was something, i love it <3
Bye see you next week
Science live was really interesting today! I’m really excited for next week’s science live.
Great Live today.
This science live was VERY interesting.
I did not know that they send another space ship again!🤯
I really liked R 51
Loved the video from space!
How long did it take the rocket to go to the moon and back?
A great science live for tonight.
Did you fill the Rockets up with rocket fuel?
Great live!!
space travel is soooo cool!
I never knew NASA sent astronuats to the moon again!
Hi everybody is everyone having a great day.
The rocks that r51 had were all so funny.
I love science!
i love r51
This episode was great
Hey yall
Amazing live one of my top favorites!!
Hey from Texas 🙂
Kalea here!
Space is scary
Loved this live coolest one so far!
I love r.51
One of the best science lives.
We watched artemis splash down on tv
r-51 is so funny with his moon rocks
Since live was so cool it’s awesome how learn about space!
Sup a sup from Atlanta ga
Hello! Thank you for everyones time tonight. Tonights live was awesome!
It was nice learning about the recent space launch
I love learning about outer space. Great episode!
I didn’t know parachutes were so big!
Liked learning about the rocket.
This weeks episode was very entertaining and fun to watch.
Joshua, I liked how in the inspirational speech it talks about how you can choose what you want to be in the world.
Amazing once again.
Hello from Indiana
Great video!
This was a great episode! How long does it typically take to design a space rocket ship?
Thank you Tabias! I love to hear about the moon! It’s very interesting how they went to the back of the moon! That sounds scary to me!😬
Artemis Is Really Cool
Thank you i love science live.
Thank you Roger billings
Thanks Acellus! Sorry I forgot to comment during the Live…. To interesting topic!
Second time watching Science Live made me giggle and learn quite a lot about rocket fuel and what the Artemis did when going around the moon. I loved the NASA Area 51 little show it was hilarious to watch 51 selling fake moon rocks with googly eyes on them. Can the moon rocks be sold at the store? I would buy one.🌙
Hey Matthew! We’re so glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you all! See you next Wednesday!
what were the engings used for artiems
By the transitive property does that mean dr. B was mentored by Thomas Edison?
i love space!!
Each video is so different!
I love this live so much you know every week I am always waiting for wednesday science live cause I get to see my favorite people Rodger Billings you have made such a beautiful learning program for learning thank you so much for making acellus I made a song for acellus when I was 13 years old I am 14 now and I learned so much and I love every thing I learned thanks so much for doing these lives the are so fun and thanks for all you do
Me too 🙂
An Acellus song?! How awesome! Keep up the great work!
I love the lives!
loved todays video!
Today’s episode was amazing.
Love acellus!!
It was great
Hi from TN
Good luck reading all of the comments.
Loving the show
Hello from Illinois
Today’s live was so interesting!!