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A
rocket is a vehicle, missile, or aircraft propelled by an engine that creates thrust from a high speed exhaust jet made exclusively from propellant.
Rocket or Rockets may also refer to:
Projectiles
Arts and entertainment
Film
Military
HMS Rocket , eight ships of the Royal Navy and one planned ship
Rocket (weapon) , projectile weapon
Operation Rocket, a British Second World War
Club Run supplying aircraft to the besieged island of Malta
Music
Bands
Albums
Songs
"Rocket" (Beyoncé song) , 2013
"Rocket" (Def Leppard song) , 1987
"Rocket" (El Presidente song) , 2005
"Rocket" (En Vogue song) , 2017
"Rocket" (Goldfrapp song) , 2010
"Rocket" (Mohamed Ali song) , 2009
"Rocket" (The Smashing Pumpkins song) , 1993
"Rocket", a 1990 song by Susumu Hirasawa from his album
The Ghost in Science
"Rocket", a 1998 song by The Jesus and Mary Chain as a B-side to the single "
Cracking Up "
"Rocket", a 2002 song by Nebula from their album
Dos EPs
"Rocket", a 2011 song by The Wanted from their album
Battleground
"Rocket", a 2013 song by A Friend in London from their album
Unite
"Rockets", a 1981 song by Joe Walsh from his album
There Goes the Neighborhood
"Rockets", a 2008 song by Simple Minds from their album
Graffiti Soul
People
Rocket (nickname)
Owen Hart (1965–1999), Canadian professional wrestler with the ring name "The Rocket"
Charles Rocket (1949–2005), stage name of American actor Charles Adams Claverie
Rockets Redglare (1949–2001), stage name of American actor Michael Morra
Evan Dollard (born 1982), stage name from the 2008 American Gladiators TV series
Maurice Richard (1921–2000), Canadian professional ice hockey player nicknamed "Rocket"
Characters
Plants
Sports teams
Air Transport Command Rockets, a World War II football team from the
Air Transport Command
Bayi Rockets , a team in the Chinese Basketball Association
Chicago Rockets , a team in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949
Dundee Rockets , a defunct ice hockey club that was based in Dundee, Scotland
Houston Rockets , a National Basketball Association team
Jacksonville Rockets , an Eastern Hockey League team from 1964 to 1972
Kelowna Rockets , a Canadian Western Hockey League team
Montreal Rocket , a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team from 1999 to 2003
Oettinger Rockets , a German basketball team
P.E.I. Rocket , a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team
Philadelphia Rockets , an American Hockey League team of the 1940s
Reading Rockets , a team in the English Basketball League
Rye House Rockets , an English speedway team
Strathroy Rockets , a Canadian Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League team based in Strathroy, Ontario
Tacoma Rockets , a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League from 1991 to 1995
Tacoma Rockets (PCHL and WHL) , a professional ice hockey team in Tacoma, Washington, from 1946 to 1953
Toledo Rockets , the athletic teams of the University of Toledo
Toronto Rockets (soccer) , an American Professional Soccer League team for the 1994 season, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Transportation
Other uses
See also
Topics referred to by the same term