how does rocket stops in space?

Answer 1

if a rocket were to "stop" in space it would come tumblin down like a rock. a rockets orbit is what keeps it up there. if you meant how does it dock or move its by using stabilizer rockets

Answer 2

Like previous ones have said, Newton's Law the every action has an equal and opposite reaction. The same exact reason a rocket moves in space. Usually by the firing of some sort of chemical rocket or thruster.

Answer 3

Nothing stops in outer space. Everything is moving relative to something else. But they can fire rockets in the opposite direction so that the spaceship is stopped relative to something specific. like Earth or another spaceship. But everything is moving out there.

Answer 4

Retro-rockets. These fire in the opposite direction, slowing the craft and bringing it to a stop. The craft is only slowing while the rockets fire: that's why they they are fired in little spurts. Run them too long and the craft will start to move backwards...

Answer 5

Reverse rockets. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

Answer 6

Reverse thrusters stop momentum, and, therefor, the ship stop. Due to the lack of friction in space, an object with only a small amount of thrust could travel infinetly, if it never hit anything.

Answer 7

pancake is right but to expand on thatyou have to fire your engines in reverse for as long as they were fired in forward in order to stop

Answer 8

the engine stops.

Answer 9

retrorockets apply reverse thrust.