Rocket launches are governed primarily by Newton’s Laws of Motion, especially the Third Law, which states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. When a rocket engine burns fuel, it expels high-speed exhaust gases downward, creating an upward thrust that overcomes gravity and lifts the rocket into the air. As fuel burns and mass decreases, the rocket accelerates more efficiently, following principles described by the conservation of momentum and the rocket equation
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