How do large rockets, shuttles etc. keep their balance when launching?

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They seem to take off so slowly and I never see any kind of auxiliary propulsion near the nose to help keep things straight.

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They kinda do kinda don’t. There is a bit of turning they can do during launch, but not much. When calculating a launch they just sorta let themselves fall over as they go up to get in orbit. So long as it’s close enough to balanced during the launch it can keep itself going okay, but if it falls too far off track it won’t recover.

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