Rocket propulsion

chemical or mixture used as fuel for a rocket engine

how efficiently a reaction mass engine creates thrust, which is often proportional to effective exhaust gas velocity

rocket with a motor that uses solid propellants

rocket with a motor that uses liquid propellants

mathematical equation describing the motion of a rocket

rocket that uses two or more stages in series

type of nozzle

space launch vehicle designed to be partially or fully reused

concept for an advanced spacecraft electric propulsion system

rocket used during the first portion of a flight, either as a first stage or in parallel to the first stage

rocket motor which uses propellants in two different states of matter

family of European first stage rocket engines

right|thumb|Descent of a Martian lander halted by retrorockets (computer-generated impression) thumb|Soyuz (spacecraft)|Soyuz space capsule retro-rockets cushion the landing impact A retrorocket (short for retrograde rocket) is a rocket engine providing thrust opposing the motion of a vehicle, thereby causing it to decelerate. They have mostly been used in spacecraft, with more limited use in short-runway aircraft landing. New uses are emerging since 2010 for retro-thrust rockets in reusable launch systems.

type of rocket engine

rocket driven by nuclear fusion power

early Soviet rocket research bureau

type of propelling nozzle

method of rocket engine operation

sugar-based rocket propellant

hypothetical rocket that uses thrust from emitted photons

method of rocket engine operation

type of spacecraft electric propulsion system

class of rocket engine designs

soviet rocket laboratory 1921 to 1933

liquid form of rocket propellants

rocket propulsion system requiring low-temperature fuels

type of spacecraft electric propulsion system that use resistors to heat its propellant

thumb|Rocket rail vehicle Opel RAK.3 in June 1928 world speed record event near Burgwedel in Northern Germany thumb|Rocket installation. On the right Fritz von Opel, the left [[Friedrich Wilhelm Sander.]]

type of chemical rocket

thumb|A Deacon rockoon just after shipboard launch. thumb|A rockoon at liftoff, August 2022.

Rockets using antimatter as their power source

location where rocket engines may be tested on the ground, under controlled conditions

Ullage or headspace is the unfilled space in a container, particularly in a container for liquids.

solid-fuel rocket motor that can restart

Type of spacecraft