A balloon rocket is a rubber balloon filled with air or other gases. Besides being simple toys, balloon rockets are a widely used as a teaching device...
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obtain lift. Balloons are often deliberately released, creating a so-called balloon rocket. Balloon rockets work because the elastic balloons contract on...
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competition or to spread information balloon helicopter balloon rocket, demonstration of rocket propulsion ceiling balloon decoys accompanying ICBMs in midcourse...
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rockets, also called rocket torpedoes, developed by naval Capitaine Yves Le Prieur. [...] The first operational use of Le Prieur anti-balloon rockets...
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A gas balloon is a balloon that rises and floats in the air because it is filled with a gas lighter than air (such as helium or hydrogen). When not in...
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Rockoon (redirect from Balloon assisted rocket launch)
A rockoon (from rocket and balloon) is a sounding rocket that, rather than being lit immediately while still on the ground, is first carried into the upper...
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a fire-resistant material such as Nomex. Modern balloons have been made in many shapes, such as rocket ships and the shapes of various commercial products...
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Flight altitude record (redirect from Manned balloon altitude records)
hydrogen balloon. 1932: 16.201 km (53,150 ft) -Auguste Piccard and Max Cosyns in a hydrogen balloon. 1933-09-30: 18.501 km (60,700 ft); USSR balloon USSR-1...
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A toy balloon or party balloon is a small balloon mostly used for decoration, advertising and as a toy. Toy balloons are usually made of rubber or aluminized...
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many different types of rockets including: tiny models such as balloon rockets, water rockets, skyrockets or small solid rockets that can be purchased at...
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Jean Piccard (section Plastic balloons)
sources on Jean Piccard talk page] (2003). "Living With A Star: 3: Balloon/Rocket Mission: Scientific Ballooning". Archived from the original on 2010-06-26...
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A sounding rocket or rocketsonde, sometimes called a research rocket or a suborbital rocket, is an instrument-carrying rocket designed to take measurements...
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ARCAspace (redirect from Helen (rocket))
aerospace company based in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania. It builds rockets, high-altitude balloons, and unmanned aerial vehicles. It was founded in 1999 as a...
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A balloon helicopter is a flying toy consisting of a latex toy balloon and a plastic propeller, derived from the simple balloon rocket. The most important...
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collapses. Balloon tanks get their name from the cylindrical party balloons that inspired Karel Bossart, who designed both the Atlas and Centaur rockets for...
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Aeronautics (section Balloon flight)
Century)". A Timeline of Rocket History. NASA. Archived from the original on 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-06-28. Ege, L. (1973). Balloons and airships. Blandford...
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Le Prieur rockets (French Fusées Le Prieur) were a type of incendiary air-to-air rocket used in World War I against observation balloons and airships....
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A weather balloon, also known as a sounding balloon, is a balloon (specifically a type of high-altitude balloon) that carries instruments to the stratosphere...
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An incendiary balloon (or balloon bomb) is a balloon inflated with a lighter-than-air gas such as hot air, hydrogen, or helium, that has a bomb, incendiary...
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(swimming aids) Balloon Balloon helicopter Balloon rocket Balloon tank (for rockets) Thundersticks Toy balloon Water balloon Balloon (aircraft) Ball for...
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of propellants. The Atlas booster was unusual in its use of "balloon" tanks. The rockets were made from very thin stainless steel that offered minimal...
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High-altitude balloons or stratostats are usually uncrewed balloons typically filled with helium or hydrogen and released into the stratosphere, generally...
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Loon LLC (redirect from Google Balloon Internet)
balloon network using a special Internet antenna attached to their building. The signal traveled through the balloon network from balloon to balloon,...
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observation balloons and in and after World War II to engage enemy bombers. Fighters were too maneuverable to be effectively engaged with rockets. Rockets were...
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In aeronautics, a balloon is an unpowered aerostat, which remains aloft or floats due to its buoyancy. A balloon may be free, moving with the wind, or...
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a balloon-rocket combination that lifted rockets on balloons high above most of the Earth's atmosphere before firing them even higher. The rockets were...
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Rand, in "The Balloon Assisted Launch System – A Heavy Lift Balloon", wrote: "It was established some time ago that a ground launched rocket capable of reaching...
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based on the NES version's Balloon Trip mode. The protagonist is "a Balloon Man". Unlike Balloon Fighters, Balloon Men use rocket suits instead of flapping...
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film Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand. Track listing "Rocket Power Theme Song" by The Wipeouters "Individuality" by Area-7 "99 Red Balloons" by Goldfinger...
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the Team Rocket trio uses an increasingly large number of vehicles and mecha. Most notably, they travel in a Meowth-shaped hot air balloon throughout...
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