Making & Creating: How Rockets Work 🚀🧑‍🚀

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This episode explores how rockets work and what enables them to escape Earth's gravity.

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People in this episode

Hosts: Sheryl, Clark

Topics covered

• rockets
• space travel
• gravity
• science education
• listener questions

Keywords

• rockets
• space
• gravity
• science
• education
• children
• podcast

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Organizations: Sleep Tight Media, Starglow Media, Apple Podcasts, Sleep Tight Premium

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