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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Space is so cool!!
Space is so cool
how long did it take to develop the first rocket?
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I want to go to space.
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I think an episode on tesseracts would be interesting!
Great video can’t wait for next weeks!!
i didnt know that was how rockets were made
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wow! I didn’t know that there was so much to learn about Rocket ships. I wonder what will be next.
Humans should definitely NOT become a multiplanetary species! There are numerous theories and pieces of work that tell us exactly how that is a bad idea, such as All Tommorrows, the Martian Chronicles, the Dark Forest Theory, and even Aliens! Humans can barely handle living on one planet, let alone multiple.
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I will low-key be scared to go to space.
One day i want to go to the space like they shot that big thing in the sky that was cool
cant go look at the world cant touch grass heh heh lol. i want to live on mars
Going to the moon would be so cool!
Thank you for another live! I also believe the idea of leaving a little station on the moon would be great!
Loved this!!
At the current rate we are going how long before we colonize mars?
I love science live!! Loved the rocket!
this weeks video was so interesting!
Thank you for making learning so easy and fun
It’s a Musky Mars-Mellow!! LOL
I always wanted to know what it took to make the rockets and now i do thank you!
I think that space is pretty. I love all the stars and the moon.
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i wanna go to the moon too
why did thy explore more of the moon than the ocean?
Tobias is the best, I love learning from him! >:3
science live was great.
I think an episode on tesseracts could be fun!
this episode was so fun i want to go to the moon or see what it is like!
Thank you for this video
Cool that they’re using hydrogen for the fuel.
My dad recently watched the newest NASA mission and we’ve all been interested in space, so i really enjoyed watching this.
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why no proteges??????????????
going to space would be amasing
Such a cool video about space! That was a great picture of earth.
So cool to watch and perfect timing! Thanks for another great video.
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i wonder if we will live on mars day
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This was very interesting :))
mars looks like Earth but red
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This was so much fun to watch! I learned a lot from this episode.
I wanna go to space two
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Science live helps me learn so much thank yall
I really want to know how much fuel they need to get to space and what happens to the rockets that come off the spaceship?
Thank you for everything, Roger Billings
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loved it
Knowing that the human race actually reached the moon is insane.
The Science live was great!
very interesting, the info about what the astronauts experimented in space.
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Space is amazing, I want to go.
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Atmosphere on mars would be nice
I like the pajet intro! I hope we are getting those back, they where always a highlight!
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I always love watching these videos, i hope one day we will be able to live on mars.
Interesting how we can piece together the past, A dinosaur that ate other dinosaurs. Awesome
Thank you for making it fun.
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I want to go to space
I wonder if we will ever live on another planet
I love these videos, and I love learning more about rockets!
Thank you for helping me learn using Acellus!
I’ve always wanted to learn about rockets.
Going to the moon would be cool
it is very interesting how we can piece together the past. A dinosaur that eats other dinosaurs. awesome
24000 miles an hour is crazy fast!
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Interesting about the rockets.
I loved the facts about space
Such a wonderful live session yet again by Roger Billings and the team!
Where are the protégés!?!?! They are the biggest motivation I have to watch science live!!!!
We got to see these rockets on a tour in Florida. It was so cool! Love learning about them now.
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I like how Science Live talks about recent events in the world of science. It’s nice to see we’re still making breakthroughs!
How do we know if dinosaur bones aren’t just animal bones?
I look forward to taking the new English course.
i didn’t know that dinosaur was actually real
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I loved this episode!!!
The different fuels is fascinating.
Nice video!
Loved hearing about Artemis!
Learning about the moon and space is so interesting!
I enjoyed the live
Very cool video as usual
When was the first rocket made?
Bringing a rocket back from Mars would be amazing!
Thanks for teaching me about the rocket
It’s crazy that nasa had to wait 6 minutes until the capsule could respond!
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it would be cool if we had access to the moon or mars one day
I would love to be an astronaut and I would love to be on the SLS
Great lesson!
How did they get the lasers so precise?
Crazy that the astronauts could see the light that reflected off the earth! And BTW i was wondering if there was a way I could see my comments bc I feel like that none of my comments have actually been posted
is there a limit to how many cameras we can put in space?
how can we be sure that they actually went around the moon and have we actually been on the moon?
This one has been especially intuitive, I am happy to hear more.
rockets are really interesting.
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Watching this made me want to go to space and see the moon!
I wonder if we will ever go to mars.
I love watching these so much, they are very interesting and fun to watch! I always wanted to go to the moon. I love rockets are so fun!
It was interesting when the rockets would shoot lasers down to earth to send messages
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I would love to do space travel one day.
great video
Dr. Billings, have you ever worked for NASA? Do a lot of people work on different parts of the Artemis project?
I’m so excited for the new English Class! It will help me so much going forward.
incredible lunar eclipse
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Rocket Science is so cool
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Soooooo cool!!!!
This science live was amazing and thank you for making lerning so fun
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nice R.51 rocket
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This was such an interesting Science Live! I loved hearing about Artemis 2 and their successful mission! That is such an amazing experience and I am glad they got home safely. They accomplished an amazing thing and the photos they took were beautiful.
So cool what rockets can do and how they make it possible to people to tracel to space. Very interesting.
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I think that is it so amazing people fly to the moon and have actually LANDED on the moon!!
I liked this video alot.
Great Live
It was so amazing to hear about Artemis 2! Never realized there was an Artemis 1.
I really like science live. Thank you Roger Billings for making Acellus.
-Israel Netherton
soooo cool
I think space would be amazing to go to, like the artemis 2 that came back you know
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My favorite parts of the video are where Dr Joshua talked about the new Acellus program, the program is called college prep featuring Trace Gibson. Another thing is where Tobias talked about how the Artemis two and NASA were sending lasers back and forth with data from the Moon. I like where Dr John talked about how the NASA crew that went into space, and how their toilet broke and how he showed us pictures of Earth from near the Moon. It was really cool how Dr Roger Billings talked about before his mentor Bill Leer died he was making a plane that had a propeller in the back of the plan instead of the front, and after Bill Leer died his wife Mia Leer called Roger Billings and “Said that darn man he left me to finish his plane but I don’t know anything about planes.” About two year’s later she called Roger Billings and said “It flew it flew.” Then Roger said “What flew and who is this.” Then Mia said “The Leer propeller it flew, it flew.” also like when R51 said he invented the Artemis two, then put fake moon rocks and said that they were moon rock, and then Roger Billings said “Oh R51 those aren’t moon rocks what’s wrong with you.” R51 responded “Nothing’s wrong with me I am just an ordinary guy.” Then R51 pulled out mars rocks and said “they smell musky.” My aunt said “How come from Earth the Moon look’s far away, but from the Moon Earth look’s close to the moon.”
This science live was so cool like I knew rockets were complex but not so cool
I would also think that the moon is farther than ten times around the earth
This was an amazing video.
To be honest I didn’t really think we can improve so much more but to actually see and hear about it makes me realize we only just have started and it gets me excited. If we could really be able to go to mars I would 100% visit. It would be like travelling, but instead it would be into space and beyond it.
I love learning about rockets
I was so captivated by todays live incredible!
what if we could get a house on the moon that has o2 and power.
I think rockets are so cool.
How do you make a rocket reach the moon.
love the moon
the space ship could go from la to new york in 6 minutes
Loved This Live!
If any even were to arise we now have the capabilities to go somewhere else >:)
if i ever go to space i would wanna float up in the air and do a back flip.
So interesting! Rockets are awesome.
How long did it take you to finish your friends airplane?
Thank you some much for all the science videos i learn sooooo much!!!
man, I wish acellus had a course on rocket science
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if elon musk plan works by 2060 mars will have people
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Loved the video this week!
How long did it take to get the technology to be able to make a laser reach earth?
I liked the rocket, I want to go in space!!
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