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Media Credits

Header: Photo by NASA on Unsplash, https://unsplash.com/photos/-hI5dX2ObAs.

Landing: Photo by SpaceX on Unsplash.

Footer: Photo by SpaceX on Unsplash, https://unsplash.com/photos/-p-KCm6xB9I.

Action-Reaction Pairs & Thrust/Gravity Gif: NASA/JPL-Caltech, https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/launching-into-space/en/.


Additional Resources

Source: SmarterEveryDay (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6107grRI4m0o2-emgoDnAA)


Source: Art of Engineering (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn5HxXKQOjw)