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- Season 1 Why Does a Rocket Need to Roll Going Into Orbit?
- Season 1 Only Three People Have Died in Space
- Season 1 Eleven Deaf Men Helped NASA Leave Earth
- Season 1 Let's Talk About Space Force
- Season 1 How Apollo Astronauts Didn't Get Lost Going to the Moon
- Season 1 U-2s over China: Operation Tackle
- Season 1 America Spying with the Corona Satellites
- Season 1 When a Nuke Nearly Killed the Moon Landing
The Vintage Space - Season 1 Episode 1 Why Does a Rocket Need to Roll Going Into Orbit?
0.00 48 minutes Following launch rockets normally pitch to the east to reach orbit taking advantage of their motion gained for the rotation of the Earth thus saving fuel. But for moon launches the rotation of the Earth is not aligned with the orbit of the moon so the rock rolls to align with the moon's orbit before pitching over.
