{"id":6772,"date":"2024-05-24T16:52:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T16:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/msealey.co.uk\/K12-Journeys\/?post_type=lesson&#038;p=6772"},"modified":"2024-06-12T18:19:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T18:19:49","slug":"two-stage-rockets-mercury-gemini","status":"publish","type":"lesson","link":"https:\/\/msealey.co.uk\/K12-Journeys\/lesson\/two-stage-rockets-mercury-gemini\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Stage Rockets (Mercury\/Gemini)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"class-box class-image\">\r\n\t<ul class=\"data-list\">\r\n\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a class=\"\" title=\"Journey with Rockets\" href=\"https:\/\/msealey.co.uk\/K12-Journeys\/journeys\/journey-with-rockets\/\" rel=\"noopener\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"class-logo medium\" src=\"https:\/\/msealey.co.uk\/K12-Journeys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Journey-with-Rockets-Tall.png\" alt=\"Journey with Rockets\" title=\"Journey with Rockets\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<!--<div class=\"class-box\">\r\n\t<h2 class=\"class-title\">Two Stage Rockets (Mercury\/Gemini)<\/h2>\r\n<\/div>-->\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading class-header\">Key Information<\/h4>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"class-box\">\r\n\t<h3 class=\"class-title\">Two Stage Rockets (Mercury\/Gemini)<\/h3>\r\n\t<figure class=\"wp-block-table info-table\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"table-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<table class=\"class-table\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<tbody>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/tbody>\r\n\t\t\t<\/table>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading class-header\">Learning Point<\/h4>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"class-box\">\r\n\t<ul>\n<li><strong>Two Stage Rockets<\/strong> were the <strong>first rockets designed<\/strong> to take <strong>humans into space<\/strong>. They launch with a <strong>main engine<\/strong> that gets the <strong>majority of the way into space<\/strong>, with the <strong>second stage taking over<\/strong> after the two stages separate, allowing it and the people on it to <strong>reach space<\/strong>, and then <strong>safely return<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading class-header\">Project<\/h4>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"class-box\">\r\n\t<ul>\n<li>Design your own Two Stage Rocket.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutena-tabs gutena-tabs-block gutena-tabs-block-77de37-56 class-container class-tab\"><ul class=\"gutena-tabs-tab tab-flex\"><li class=\"gutena-tab-title active\" data-tab=\"1\"><div class=\"gutena-tab-title-content icon-top\"><div class=\"gutena-tab-title-text\"><div>Overview<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"gutena-tab-title inactive\" data-tab=\"2\"><div class=\"gutena-tab-title-content icon-top\"><div class=\"gutena-tab-title-text\"><div>Design<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"gutena-tabs-content is-layout-flow wp-block-gutena-tabs-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutena-tab gutena-tab-block gutena-tab-block-543fc0-6f active class-box class-image\" data-tab=\"1\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/msealey.co.uk\/K12-Journeys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mercury-Atlas_Rocket-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Mercury-Atlast Rocket\" class=\"wp-image-7055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/msealey.co.uk\/K12-Journeys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mercury-Atlas_Rocket-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/msealey.co.uk\/K12-Journeys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mercury-Atlas_Rocket-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/msealey.co.uk\/K12-Journeys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mercury-Atlas_Rocket-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/msealey.co.uk\/K12-Journeys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mercury-Atlas_Rocket.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By NASA\/photographer unknown &#8211; <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nasa.gov\/details\/KSC-62PC-0011\">https:\/\/images.nasa.gov\/details\/KSC-62PC-0011<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20041030202852\/http:\/\/dayton.hq.nasa.gov\/IMAGES\/LARGE\/GPN-2000-000686.jpg\">http:\/\/dayton.hq.nasa.gov\/IMAGES\/LARGE\/GPN-2000-000686.jpg on the Wayback Machine<\/a> at the <span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wayback_Machine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wayback Machine\"><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wayback Machine<\/span><\/a><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20010222064845\/http:\/\/grin.hq.nasa.gov\/ABSTRACTS\/GPN-2000-000686.html\">http:\/\/grin.hq.nasa.gov\/ABSTRACTS\/GPN-2000-000686.html on the Wayback Machine<\/a> at the <span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wayback_Machine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Wayback Machine\"><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wayback Machine<\/span><\/a><\/span>, Public Domain, <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=6449049\">Link<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutena-tab gutena-tab-block gutena-tab-block-05a1ad-fd inactive class-box class-image\" data-tab=\"2\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/msealey.co.uk\/K12-Journeys\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mercury-Redstone_Design.gif\" alt=\"Mercury-Redstone Design\" class=\"wp-image-7056\" style=\"width:346px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By NASA &#8211; Project Mercury Diagrams (<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/history.nasa.gov\/diagrams\/mercury.html\">http:\/\/history.nasa.gov\/diagrams\/mercury.html<\/a>), Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle Structure.Originally from NASA report NASA-TM-X-53107, &#8220;The Mercury-Redstone Project&#8221;, pages 4-3 and 4-4. PDF available at <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\/\/ntrs.nasa.gov\/archive\/nasa\/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov\/19670028606_1967028606.pdf\">http:\/\/ntrs.nasa.gov\/archive\/nasa\/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov\/19670028606_1967028606.pdf<\/a>., Public Domain, <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=6638277\">Link<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading class-header\">Fun Facts<\/h4>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"class-box\">\r\n\t<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Mercury-Redstone<\/strong> rocket was <strong>designed from a missile<\/strong>, the Redstone ballistic missile.<\/li>\n<li>They included an <strong>escape launch system<\/strong>, which as part of the early launches was <strong>put to the test<\/strong> and proved to be a <strong>successful <\/strong>system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading class-header\">Past Lessons<\/h4>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"class-box\">\r\n\t<figure class=\"wp-block-table info-table\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"table-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<table class=\"class-list\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<tbody>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"icon\">1<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td class=\"class-table-title\">June 5, 2024<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td>(North America)<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr class=\"hide-this-row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"3\">No Past Lessons<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/tbody>\r\n\t\t\t<\/table>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading class-header\">Upcoming Lessons<\/h4>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"class-box\">\r\n\t<figure class=\"wp-block-table info-table\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"table-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t<table class=\"class-list\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<tbody>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr class=\"hide-this-row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"3\">No Upcoming Lessons<\/td>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/tbody>\r\n\t\t\t<\/table>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-6772","lesson","type-lesson","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/msealey.co.uk\/K12-Journeys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lesson\/6772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/msealey.co.uk\/K12-Journeys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lesson"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/msealey.co.uk\/K12-Journeys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lesson"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/msealey.co.uk\/K12-Journeys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}