Rockets 101 | National Geographic

Launching a rocket into space is one of humankind's crowning achievements. Learn about how rockets work, what happens during a launch, and how centuries of innovation made space exploration possible.

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[NatGeo]

Long before blasting into space, rockets were used here on Earth as early as the 13th century. What are your thoughts on their use throughout history?

[AzlianaLyana]

Space. It is equally exciting, mysterious and yet scary at the same time. The vast universe is something we may never fully explore in our entire human race existence.

[obananamano]

the space race is a race to see which country has the best German scientists

[CamWatt]

Does anyone else need to watch this for an assignment on online school 🤣

[sven-]

National Geographic posted something about rockets?

*happiness noises*

[우로파]

The mere fact that mankind is leaving the Earth and heading into faraway space through a spacecraft, the total collection of human science and technology, makes your heart overflow. I want to be an aerospace engineer and join the project to make a spaceship. Wouldn't one day mankind be able to reach another planet?

[寂び侘び-bs]

I Truly love space, rockets, science and National Geographic.

[deepthipv]

In showing this to my 3year old.. So one day she goes in it.. And make huge discoveries and achievements. 😊

[eustache_dauger]

Expecting a video about Team Rocket.. 101% disappointed

[JaceJacobs]

Love seeing what SpaceX is doing. It has me excited about space. Hopefully, it does the same for the youth today. Namaste

[moein-lifestyle]

The narrator didn't speak well as before, also the role of the Germans (1939 - 1945) in the development of the missile was ignored . No reference to Wernher von Braun ( NASA engineering program manager - chief architect of the Apollo - Saturn V rocket ) ?!? 🚀

[WiredLife]

4:00 "The Atlas rocket family, which launched America's first astronaut into orbit."
Why are we seeing Al Shepard, who made a suborbital flight as the first American in space, on screen and not John Glenn, who was the first American to orbit?

[laracroft]

Mysorean rocket ( tipu sultan) were an Indian military weapon which were first iron cased rockets successfully deployed for military use against british east india company.These battles exposed the british to this technology, which was then used to develop congreve rocket in 1805

[jossylopes]

I think Russia has been removed from this lecture on purpose.

[fernandogiongo]

No mention of the soviet rockets, why?

[MariosKarampalis]

You left out a big segment of a rocket history!! V2 and all the rocket scientists from Germany that empowered the USA space agency!!

[naveenrajeee]

Hi nat-geo
I like this 101 series very much...
And it is very interesting to learn..
Thanks for educating us....🙏👍😊

[frodrigues]

The several stage USA rockets and some Russian rockets of the space age did make a diference but the Space Shuttle brought the International Space Station (ISS) to a reality and changed Space Exploration forever.

[ApexPredatorWithSungGlasses]

1232 A.D.

Wow, NatGeo using the correct notation instead of the CE and BCE. That's actually quite impressive considering how people and YouTube in general tries to be socially justice and politically correct. Kudos NatGeo.

[RaviKumar-pujd]

Amazing... National Geographic did mention about "Indian Mysorean Rockets" @ 3:33.
By the way, I'm from the district of Mysore, India.