Across
- 2. Small rockets used to change the speed and direction of a larger rocket traveling in space
- 4. The speed of something
- 6. A brilliant rocket scientist who was known to be in charge of developing the V-2 rocket, which was used during World War 2
- 9. This law states that objects at rest stay at rest and objects in motion stay in motion
- 12. A self-propelled device that carries its own fuel
- 13. Uneven airflow (rocket scientists try to avoid this type of airflow when constructing their rockets)
- 14. This is a force exerted upon or against an object to move it in a specific direction
- 15. This is created when an object moves through a fluid
- 16. When something lifts up into the air
- 17. A substance that propels something
Down
- 1. The point on a rocket where all mass is concentrated
- 3. Even airflow (rocket scientists want this type of airflow when constructing their rockets)
- 5. This law is basically a math equation (F=MA)
- 7. The center of all the drag forces acting upon the rocket
- 8. A brilliant rocket scientist who is credited with successfully developing and launching the first liquid-fueled rocket
- 10. The thrust and duration of a rocket engine burn
- 11. This law states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction