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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How do you make rockets that reaches the moon?
That’s cool.
it is amazing how far we have gone since the first time we went to the moon. those parachutes are huge. I did not know that they circle the earth first before going to the moon.
I love science live so much! its so interesting
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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.
Another great show thank you
That’s really cool that they can send a lazer to earth to get video.
That crocodile is so cool!
Very educational video!
Why does a conversation with a astronaut take longer than one second to get back to Earth?
interesting topic
the ai caught me off guard
R51 is not making it too the moon lol
it is so cool to be able to go to the moon by a rocket… i hope one day i will be able to go in a rocket.
Science is really a fun subject.
Acellus is so cool!!
Watching from North Carolina!!
It’s sooo incredible that we can make rockets reach the moon! Just amazing. Love y’all!
I love learning about the mood!
What other fuels are used for rockets besides hydrogen and methane?
I like the video
College Prep English looks like a cool, great, and educational new class. It is also cool that NASA and SpaceX are developing brand new laser communication systems.
I wonder how advanced Rockets will be in the future!
*hi from ky!!
wow great video
Great Episode!
This made me learn so much!
It’s crazy to hear that the computers today run fifty times faster than the computers from 1972.
I like r51.
I’m so glad that we don’t have giant crocodiles running around.
I love learning about this type of stuff its really interesting.
It’ll be so interesting to see them land on the moon again. I can’t wait to see what happens. I hope everything pays off in the end.
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I enjoyed this episode very much!
This was a really good episode, it was cool learning about the space mission and the rockets!
Wowwww so cool so amazing
wow the force is crazy.
r51 is funny
Great Video! Always love these videos!
Great video can’t wait for next week’s Science Live!
Didnt know a crocodile could be that huge!
amazing work guys
That was cool! I really like Science LIVE!
i loved this live keep up the good work!!
The Artemis 2 was so interesting. It must have been so cool to see the moon so close up!
I like where rocketship it is going into space.
I hope that the skeleton fossils get found! I can’t believe that that creature was that big! I thought that nothing was bigger than a Spinosaurus, but I was really wrong!
The toilet stopped working!
Good episode.
Love the vidsss!!!
I learn that rockets reach the Moon by carefully building speed, escaping Earth’s gravity. Also I had no idea that parachutes were that big wow football stadium
crazy to think of how large the crocodile was during prehistoric times
I loved today’s science live so much! I actually also researched about the Artemis 2 flight. Honestly I’m glad we keep moving forward in evolution and society.
It is so cool that NASA was able to stream data from Artemis II!
Cool video
What would it the crocodile thing?
I love learning about rockets and space it’s so interesting! Awesome video this week!
I love to learn about space!
Aiden This was a great episode I love learning about stuff like this!
R-51 is so funny!
this is cool!
The mars rocks look like something i would make in arts and crafts.
Wow so intresting this episode love it.
How do the rockets generate so much force that they can leave the atmosphere and still have enough fuel to return to earth?
I love space and space exploration.
rockets are so interesting!
This science live episode was so interesting! I love watching stuff about space.
w Nasa we need more places like Nasa
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Interesting video
That was so cool to learn about! Thank you Science Live!
I loved that Dr. Jon covered the new Artemis mission was covered in today’s episode.
Hii from ct!
Great episode, thanks !
I really like it it was educational
I liked it
This an experience
Science live teaches me so much !!!
I don’t follow a lot of space missions, it was really cool to see and hear about one!
Being able to see the entire journey of Artemis II from their launch to their re-entry into earth is a entirely new feeling that many people got to experience. Learning a lot about the training that the astronouts did and how they learned photography to take those spectacular photos makes it so inspiring.
so cool
This was so cool!! Thank you so much!!
You said before that R51 is a robot with a coding error, not a delusional person!
You said r 51 was a robot with a coding error not a delusional person!
I love science live😘🥰😍🩷❤️
Space is so cool! I wish i can become an astronaut.
How long did they stay on the moon.
I watched the rocket launch!! Online of course though
Loved it so much hope to see more like it soon
I love this video!
this was a great video so cool and intersting.
This is so cool
I love science. Watching this makes me want to learn more and space. I saw the rocket launch and want to learn more.
Love learning new things from science live!
this was really interesting I love it
wow!this video was so inspirational to my kids decter and Peppa!
I love learning about space and how rockets work. I’ve always been so interested in that topic.
I love rockets!
I love science live because its so fun to watch it and I like it a lot.
This was so lovely! You never fail to engross me in a subject.
I loved this science live! It was so fun and cool!
Awesome! I’ve been following the news with the trip to the moon and back!
I knew there were crocodiles during the dinosaur times, but I never knew they were that large! I always thought they were the size of modern day crocodiles! Thanks Science live! You taught me something new!
It was great!
this was the best science live ever
This was a great live to watch this week!!
This is so cool
I love watching these videosss – adalynn
woah that was so cool
The rockets were super cool!
I love watching these all the time it helps me learn so much stuff!
It was so cool! I hope we see more like that soon.
I can’t wait to see when we land on the moon
r51 was hilarious
wow, it’s crazy that the crocodile thing was even bigger than dinosaurs. i always thought dinosaurs were the biggest animal that existed.
That is impossible that corcodile are bigger than dinosaurs dinosaurs are bigger than crocodile
Great science live! I always find myself intrigued.
so cool was a fun watch
The Artemis 2 landing was exciting. I’m glad they got back safely.
I think it’s funny when the cardboard cutout falls over.
I have been following the Artemis 2 journey and it’s really cool to see it today!
This episode is great. Thanks, Acellus!
i genuinely love watching science lives. its entertaining and educational!
those rockets were super amazing, I love the space missions and space facts, can’t wait for next weeks Science Live
The 10 day mission past the moon was incredibly exciting. I’m glad you are covering this topic.
Laser communication in spacecraft is a modern technology that uses laser beams to send information directly through space. It is faster than traditional radio signals and can transmit large amounts of data, such as photos and videos. This system is very useful for communication between Earth and spacecraft. However, it requires high accuracy because the laser must point exactly at the receiver. In the future, laser communication may help humans explore the Moon, Mars, and deeper space more effectively.
I like space
Science live this week was so neat!! I loved hearing more about space, and I think there is still so much to learn. I believe that getting to Mars will help us understand more about space and science. I would love to hear more about this kind of stuff, becuase I think space is really amazing.
tuff I love science live
The space missions and rockets are so cool. It’s hard to believe some people believe they are staged. Maybe next time they will have a science officer and a plumber.
Watched the video as a group. That is a very cool picture of the Earth. It looked like what we see every night except the fact that it was the other way around.
The moon station is very exciting for future space travel. They will be able to orbit the moon and have a way of landing directly from the moon station. Super cool! I love seeing history be made.
the apollo 13 spaceship was actually showcased in the smithsonian air and space museum
My class and I watched this episode as a group.
The new Lazer communication is actually a really smart way to communicate to space!
Watched in my class. It was cool to see how complex the capsule was.
Me and my class watched as a group and I love the rocket ship
I watched as a group and recommend it!
This live was awesome 😎.
How long did it take the astronauts from the time they entered earth’s atmosphere, to the six minutes of no communication, to after the six minutes, to when they landed in the water?
R51 is hilarious, his Musk reference was clever.
My brother and I watched the launch with the launch party. It was amazing I didn’t realize it was so small on the rocket.
my son has asl in school he went from a+ to F cause of acellus
This was so cool !!!
Science live is one of my favorite parts of the week
woah those parachutes must be a lot of money$$
Awesome video!
Rockets are so cool. I hope one day we can find gravity on another planet and other life can build a rocket to reach us
My daughter loved the cartoon effects at the end
I loved learning about the moon and stars and just SPACE!!! Acellus is teaching me so much, and I love watching all the SCIENCE LIVE’S… I love Stars, so learning all of this, was sooo AWSOME!!! I 🩵 Acellus academy!!!
I would like to make a mars rock like R51.
Love that my kids get to wach these videos. it is so informative.
A 31ft alligator! Laser communication from the space ship is awesome, and it’s insane how precise they need to be. The solar eclipse looks incredible from that close. Maybe one day the universe will be like the Star Wars or Star Trek universe.
the last part about the moon rocks was hilarious it was also very interesting to learn about the moon and earth.
This was a great episode!
This one was really cool can’t wait for the next one!
Thank you so much Dr. Billing for teaching us these things (:
I liked the moon rocks.
I love the days we get lives!!
Such an interesting innovative video this week! Love this topic!!
so how do they get messages from the rockets to the people on the earth so fast if the rocket is moving won’t they just break connection.
Wow such an interesting live!