S2 Ep 8 - Building and Testing Rockets
Xploration Outer Space
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21m
Rockets are the incredible vehicles that bring people and cargo into space, so how are they built and tested? Join Emily Calandrelli as she tours a 1 million square foot facility in Alabama that is manufacturing some of the world’s most powerful rockets. Then she travels to a NASA facility to see how these rockets are put to the test before launch.
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