About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 110. Chapters: Spacecraft propulsion, Magnetic sail, Solar sail, Space suit, Thruster, Avionics, Heat shield, Rocket engine, Electrodynamic tether, Space Shuttle external tank, Inertial navigation system, Spacecraft magnetometer, Boilerplate, Heat pipe, Integrated Truss Structure, Flight dynamics, Space activity suit, Astrionics, Spacecraft Docking and Berthing Mechanisms, Extended Duration Orbiter, Gemini space suit, Life support system, TriDAR, Solar panels on spacecraft, Canadarm, Suitport, Reaction control system, Launch escape system, Androgynous Peripheral Attach System, Max Launch Abort System, International Low Impact Docking System, HAL/S, Magnetorquer, Optical lift, Airlock, Orbiter Boom Sensor System, AVCOAT 5026-39, Yo-yo de-spin, Reentry capsule, Electrodeless plasma thruster, Retrorocket, Common Berthing Mechanism, Advanced Space Vision System, Service module, Modular rocket, Radio Science Subsystem, Helicon Double Layer Thruster, Spome, Test article, SpaceQuest, Ltd., Booster, Internet Routing in Space, Pad abort test, Whipple shield, Plasma Contactor, Reentry Breakup Recorder, Orbital module, Power processing unit, Vernier thruster, Ballute, Flight spare, Gravity-gradient stabilization, Canfield joint, Attitude control system, Escape tower, Cold gas thruster, Test target, Arming plug, Optical Solar Reflector, Pyrotechnic valves. Excerpt: A rocket engine, or simply "rocket," is a jet engine that uses only propellant mass for forming its high speed propulsive jet. Rocket engines are reaction engines and obtain thrust in accordance with Newton's third law. Since they need no external material to form their jet, rocket engines can be used for spacecraft propulsion as well as terrestrial uses, such as missiles. Most rocket engines are internal combustion engines, although non combusting forms also exist. Rocket engines...
