Gyroscopes in Rocketry

The Gyroscopes lesson gives an introduction to gyroscopes, their history and importance. The lesson contains information about the place of gyroscopes in rocketry and provides activities to understand how a gyroscope works.

Index:

• Introduction
  Announcements
• Gyroscopes and First Rocket Launches
• What is a Gyroscope?
• The Physics of Gyroscopes: An Overview
• Using a Simple Toy Top to Explain Gyroscopes
• Gyroscopic Motion
• Experiment: Angular Momentum in a Simple Gyroscope
• How a Gyroscope Guides a Rocket
• History of gyroscopes
• Quiz: Gyroscopes in Rocketry
• Postcards to Space!