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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This is so cool!
I love science live!!!!
Very interesting!
How much rocket fuel does it usually take to go the the moon?
Science is so cool!!!!
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Great live!
Space and rockets are very cool! Great episode!
Yay Science live!
Thanks for another awesome science live! I love r51!
This Science Live was amazing!
One day taking a ride on a rocket to outer space will be as common as taking a cab ride.
love rs1 super cool!!!!!!
Was the first ever moon landing faked?
all the rocket and space info has been very interesting. I love it
This is so good!
I love science!
Space is very interesting. I enjoy the space part of Science. Thank you.
Those rockets looked amazing i wonder what its like to actually be in.
Great Video can’t wait the Watch more.
Why did they need a rocket to the moon?
Science Live feels like more than a hour.
i love science live! thank you for this opportunity:)
Artemis 3 in 2028 landing on the moon? That’s freaking epic
I loved the live
i love this
So cool!
Learning about rockets is always informative and interesting.
Funny r51
Anything to do with space is so incredibly interesting
I did a whole event thing at my work, I was telling people facts about Artemis 2, and giving out stickers. It was so fun :3
Does everyone believe that people went to the moon?
Thank you!
Apollo 11 Moon Landing had 3 astronauts: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.
They turned the rocket using thrusters—pushing gas out to change direction (Newton’s Third Law of Motion).
The science live today was great love learning the history behind the topics that I learn especially this one about how to send rockets to the moon with the recent rocket launching. Thank you
Hello from AR! I actually saw the Artemis II splashdown live on the news just a couple of weeks ago 🙂
great live!
I like to collect rocks
those rockets looked so cool, another good week of this.
When can we go to the moon?
awesome video thank you!!!
Great video!
I like these ideas in the episodes!!
Hello! Can’t wait to see what the topics of discussion are!
I love this video
R-51 was so cool. Happy Thursday Acellus friends.
How much fuel does a rocketship need?
science live is awesome
I really like this lesson. I learned how rockets go to the Moon, and I think that is awesome!
Science live is awesome.
I love the Moon .
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We love Science Live!
love it!!
How many pictures of the moon did they take?
so amazing
A wonderful video
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LOVE SCIENCE!! I’m sad I missed the live I’ll catch it next time !! 🙌🏼
science is cool
I like science lives about space.
Such a good video!
Flawless LIVE.
I liked science live and the rockets, especially the Dienococuses 🐊! (I knew what they were but it is existing about the skeleton.)
Also What happened to the protégés 🤷♂️ !!!
I enjoyed learning about using lasers to communicate from space with Dr. John!
Another great one! Thanks y’all!
R5 10 is so funny and the rockets were cool
I really enjoyed this episode!
hi i am here
I really like rockets.
I enjoy this weekend live I can’t wait till next weekend live.
science live is fun
This is very interesting!
how strong is a rocket ship armor?
Wow this was really cool! Thanks from Florida!!
I LOVE SCIENCE LIVE.
so Check out a few questions:
1. If I communicate by laser, how long will it take to send data from earth to the moon?
2. When the SLS, will it land where it is predicted or anywhere on earth?
please!
that is so cool, but I think that it was interesting, that it got launched on april fools day.
A college prep Engish course will really be helpful.
New classes please.
I love it 😍
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Area 51 is the best.
I love science live!!! The pictures they toke from space were amazing it’s great there are break-throughs in space.
Could it be possible to attach a separate fuel cell at the end of the rocket connecting it by a thin set of pipes so that if needed it could de-attach although if they did need more fuel it could flow to the rocket through the pipes? just wondering
I thought it was very interesting about space but why are we still checking out the moon when there’s things like black holes, Neptune and more like the 9th planet you’ve talked about once.🙂🌑
Thank you, see you next week!
I think it’s really cool how Acellus is thinking about the kids that could use a collage prep English course for the ones that need it.
i love rockets
this was so cool, I love r51
Launch Abort! pretty neat.
Great work!
R51 is so wierd
Excellent lecture! Great R51 today.
I love science live
great one
rockets are so cool
that moon rock is super cool!
I love this.
Very nice broadcast!!!
I loved learning about the rockets!
If it was possible, how many people could you fit in a rocket?
Love r51!
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*This was amazing
Fun Science Live!!
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I like the moon rock that r51 made!
HAPPY TO BE HERE
wow this episode was awresome this week
this was a good vid
Thats so cool
It’s amazing that the rockets were as long as a football field!
I love these lives!
awesome as always!
love for science.
AWESOMEEE !!
Loved the coverage of the new flight to the moon. I wish they would have landed on the moon again though.
I love science live
I learned how far people seen earth.
The Artmis mission is so cool. And I love uh the moon rocks.
Love it!:)
This is amazing!!!
r51 made a really cool moon rock
I believe it’s amazing that scientists at Columbus State University have made the first accurate skeleton of the deinosuchus.
I love the moon rock that r51 made. so cool!
Area 51 FOREVER!!!
Hi from Illinois!!!
If I had the chance to go to space i totally would.
Thank you for this valuable lesson!
thank you sciemce live i loved it thank youuu i cant wait until next weeks video.
Hi I love watching this videos,
they are so much fun I love lerning about space its so cool.
I learned about people going to space and taking pictures.
Great video!!!!!!
Science always blows my mind!!!
i Love the rockets!!!
i love science
It’s truly incredible how precise technology is compared to just a few decades ago.
Thank you for the episode from MT!!!
OK um yeah. I dont know what to comment just i want to know that person who sends you messages while doing school called acellus teacher. What teacher is that??? I really want to know.
So cool!
Thank you for telling us more about the Artemis mission! Space is my favorite topic!
The moon rocks are really cool
whats super cool is that r51 never fails to make us laugh im glad its a part of the show!
I love r51
Hi from Kona !!!!!!!!!!!!!! science life was really fun
I learned about a rocket to outer space.
Even though I am years away from the new college prep English class, it seems very interesting and useful!
These are so interesting I love these
I saw the shuttle land from the travel to moon
Wow I love science live
The moon rock was pretty cool!
I love science
Artemis 2 launch was one of the coolest things ive seen, i love space
rockets are so cool!
Intresting.
I love r51!!
sorry I’m late watching now
While they were showing the rockets it was super interesting to see. It is crazy how many different things that happen in space that I had not know before watching the science live today. R-51 is so funny and i loved seeing the moon rock that he had made and he hadn’t been to space.
Spacecraft are cool!
Great episode!
How long dose it take to make rocket boosters?
I love science live, its awesome!
I LOVE SCIENCE LIVE
Great live this week!
While they were showing the rockets it was super interesting to see. It is crazy how many different things that happen in space that I had not know before.
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I liked this episode with all of the facts about rockets and space!
Great science live
I love science lives about space.
The moon rock is really cool(the one that r51 made)!
that look fun that the guy just spin aroundand the laser is so crazy and I wonder if it will do it again because I sure do not want to happen
Science lives are so fun!
that was interesting.
I like how Tobias talk about how you could see the sun reflecting on the earth into the moon during a solar eclipse.
I love all things space related it’s just so fascinating!
Acellus should start incorporating AI into its systems to make r51 do insane things!