Labels:text | screenshot | office supplies OCR: ROCKET POWER SPACE TECHNOLOGY ROCKET STAGES Satellite payload To travel into space, a rocket needs more than one stage. Each stage is a separate rocket with its own Satellite payload fuel supply and engine. Depending on the weight of Third stage the payload, boosters may be used along with the stages to add extra thrust. The first stage lifts the Protective skirt entire rocket off the ground, and when its propellant is exhausted, it separates from the rest of the rocket Second stage and falls away. The second-stage engine fires, and as the rocket is now lighter, acceleration First stage is boosted, as it is with each stage. The final stage takes the payload into space toward its destination. Liquid-propellant booster THE STAGES OF A ROCKET An exploded view of one of the European Space Agen ...
