Read the story. Talk through the numbers.

Kids do best when you do the math together.

Are Rockets Fast or Slow?

Are Rockets Fast or Slow?

Of course rockets are fast, right? The speediest one carrying a person zoomed at over 4,000 miles an hour! But rockets ride very slowly on the ground. Spacecraft are rolled from NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building to the launchpad at just 2-3 miles an hour -- slower than you can walk! We're guessing rockets have more fun flying in the sky.
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