Rocket engine — RS 68 being tested at NASA s Stennis Space Center. The nearly transparent exhaust is due to this engine s exhaust being mostly superheated steam (water vapor from its propellants, hydrogen and oxygen) … Wikipedia
rocket engine — noun a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion • Syn: ↑rocket • Hypernyms: ↑jet engine • Hyponyms: ↑booster, ↑booster rocket, ↑booster unit, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
nuclear rocket — noun a rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant • Hypernyms: ↑rocket, ↑rocket engine … Useful english dictionary
Cryogenic rocket engine — Vulcain engine of Ariane 5 rocket … Wikipedia
Merlin (rocket engine) — Merlin 1C SpaceX Merlin 1A (shown) Country of origin United States Manufacturer SpaceX Liq … Wikipedia
Draco (rocket engine) — Draco Country of origin United States Manufacturer SpaceX Liquid fueled engine Propellant nitrogen tetroxide[1] / monomethyl hydrazine … Wikipedia
RD-170 (rocket engine) — The RD 170 is the world s most powerful multi nozzle multi chamber liquid bipropellant rocket engine. It burns the Russian equivalent of RP 1 fuel and LOX oxidizer in four combustion chambers supplied by a single turbo pump according to a staged… … Wikipedia
Nuclear thermal rocket — Sketch of nuclear thermal rocket … Wikipedia
Rocket propellant — is mass that is stored, usually in some form of propellant tank, prior to being used as the propulsive mass that is ejected from a rocket engine in the form of a fluid jet to produce thrust.Chemical rocket propellants are most commonly used,… … Wikipedia
rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion. Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… … Universalium
