Space Shuttle Main Engine

Rocket Propulsion

ME 10.412 / ME 10.512

Rocket of the Week

In addition to learning how to design a rocket propulsion system, this course will also provide a historical perspective on rocket propulsion.  Each week, we will highlight a different rocket, spacecraft, propulsion system or rocket scientist and discuss how they relate to what we are studying in class.  This website will contain links with more information on each "rocket of the week".

Week 2: Dr. Robert Goddard

Week 3: German V2 Rocket and Wernher von Braun  V2 Videos

Week 4: Project Mercury, Mercury-Redstone 3 and Alan Shepard
Week 5: Sputnik/R-7 Rocket (Russian Space Web)

home and objectives

Week 6: The X-15, xlr-99 rocket engine, pictures, movies

Week 7: Mercury Atlas - Development of the Atlas Rocket

Week 8: Gemini-Titan; Titan II; Gemini Pictures

Week 9: Saturn V (F-1 Engine)Launch Photos - Apollo ArchiveWeek 10: Apollo Command and Service Module

Week 10: Apollo LEM - Apollo 11 Pictures - Apollo 12 Pictures- Houston we have a problem - Appolo Archive - CO2 system

Week 11:  Soviet Manned Lunar Program and N1 Rocket

Week 12: Space Shuttle SSME; Space Shuttle SRM

Week 13: New NASA Launch Platform: ARES I and ARES V

Week 14: Space Ship One; The X-Prize

Week 15: Deep Space One

course outline and notes

homework assignments

NASA CEA Code

rocket of the week

links and combustion research

rules and grading

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