Rocket Vocabulary

A curved structure that generates lift

• Apogee

• Drag

• Airfoil

• Force

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To push or drive an object forward

• Force

• Aerodynamics

• Thrust

• Propulsion

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Data and information collected about a rocket's flight

• Apogee

• Telemetry

• Lift

• Payload

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Movement through the air that slows objects down

• Thrust

• Force

• Drag

• Constraint

The highest point of a rocket's flight; also known as the maximum altitude

• Thrust

• Lift

• Payload

• Apogee

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an object being carried by an aircraft

• Payload

• Weight

• Force

• Telemetry

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The force exerted on a surface by the air above it; measured in PSI

• Airfoil

• Air Pressure

• Constraint

• Lift

An upward force that opposes gravity

• Lift

• Drag

• Force

• Crosswind

A restriction, limitation, or boundary

• Thrust

• Aerodynamics

• Constraint

• Resultant Force

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How objects move through the air

• Drag

• Force

• Aerodynamics

• Propulsion