Watch on Euronews : From Gunpowder to the cosmos the latest techniques to power space travel

Friday, March 6, 2009 - 08:28 in Astronomy & Space

In the beginning there was gunpowder then came hydrogen and liquid oxygen used to propel objects through space. Today many more propellants are available to engineers to power long journeys into space.

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