| A | B |
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| nose cone | the front end of a rocket |
| shock cord | an elastic line which connects the rocket's body to the nose cone and recovery system |
| recovery system | the parachute or streamer which slows the rocket's descent and returns it to earth |
| body tube | the basic frame of a rocket |
| launch lug | guides the rocket during take off |
| stabilizing fin | designed to keep the rocket traveling in a straight path |
| accelerate | to move faster |
| construct | to form by putting together |
| gravity | the force that tends to draw all bodies in the earth's atmosphere toward the center of the earth |
| launch | to send off a self-propelled object |
| ignite | to set on fire |
| igniter | a device used for direct electrical firing of rockets |
| model | a copy of something, usually on a smaller scale |
| escape velocity | speed needed to escape Earth's gravity |
| wadding | a flameproof material used to protect the recovery system from the heat of the ejection charge |
| thrust | the forward force that moves a rocket forward |
| drag | force that opposes thrust; also known as air resistance |
