A rocket is used to carry a spacecraft from Earth’s

surface to space,

usually to low Earth orbit or beyond,

and is sometimes called a launch vehicle.

Although rockets may appear similar,

that must be calculated and constructed to work together.

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A rocket is chosen based on the spacecraft’s

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the spacecraft’s mission requirements

the farther away from Earth the spacecraft needs to go,

the bigger and more powerful the rocket needs to be.