Hypergolic Fuels – The Chemistry of a Rocket Launch

Chemist Andrea Sella combines dimethylhydrazine with dinotrogen tetroxide to show how hypergolic mixtures fire rockets into space. Please let us know what you thought of this video series with our 2-minute survey: Part of A Place Called Space, our 2015 advent calendar: Subscribe for regular science videos: There are a few ways to use chemistry to power a rocket, but all involved an oxider and a fuel. And with no