Rocket Basics Parts

PARTS OF A ROCKET

A rocket primarily consists of 3 main parts:

1. NOSE CONE

2. BODY

3. NOZZLE

1. NOSE CONE: 

It basically contains the payload i.e satellite, explosives, astronauts, etc. which has to be transported.

2. BODY :  

It houses the fuel tanks i.e the fuel (RP-1, methane, hydrogen, etc), the oxidizer ( liquid oxygen), and the most important of all the rocket engines.

3. NOZZLE:

It basically joins the combustion chamber with itself where the thrust is produced by the engine to power the rocket.

Well, it would not be wrong to say that all the parts in a rocket are of equal importance, as they all play an equal role in a successful launch. Anything going wrong can turn the entire hard work and investment into trash.

The probability of failure here is high because the dependence is on a lot many complicated factors.

I could have included fins in the important parts but new technologies( like thrust vectoring ) have emerged leading to their removal from the necessary list.

A diagram would make an image in your mind 

This was also a basics blog. There is much-advanced machinery involved.

Although for me understanding the working is of greater importance.

Once you understand the working and factors involved clearly, you might design your own rocket engine, who knows!!