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  • 1Rocket 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) …

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  • 2J-2 (rocket engine) — Rocketdyne s J 2 was America s largest production liquid hydrogen fueled rocket engine before the Space Shuttle main engines (SSME), and is being revived in support of NASA s return to the Moon.The J 2 was a major component of the Saturn V rocket …

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  • 3M-1 (rocket engine) — Aerojet s M 1 was the largest and most powerful liquid hydrogen fueled rocket engine to be designed and built. It offered a baseline thrust of 1.5 million pounds force and 1.8 million pounds force as its immediate growth target. The M 1 was… …

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  • 4RD-0120 (rocket engine) — The Soviet RD 0120 (also designated 11D122) was the Energia Core rocket engine, fueled by LH2/LOX, roughly equivalent to the Space Shuttle main engine. These were attached to the Energia Core rather than the orbiter, so were not recoverable after …

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  • 5rocket 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… …

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  • 6Rocket — This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. For other uses, see Rocket (disambiguation). A Soyuz U, at Baikonur Site 1/5 A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engi …

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  • 7rocket — I. /ˈrɒkət / (say rokuht) noun 1. Aeronautics a structure propelled by a rocket engine, used for pyrotechnic effect, signalling, carrying a lifeline, propelling a warhead, launching spacecraft, etc. 2. a type of firework which shoots into the air …

  • 8rocket — I rock•et art at Rocky Mountains [[t]ˈrɒk ɪt[/t]] n. 1) rkt any of various tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited propel the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, hurling explosives, launching a… …

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  • 9Rocket Mania! — Infobox VG title= Rocket Mania! caption= Screenshot from Rocket Mania developer= Nuclide Games publisher= PopCap Games distributor= Various designer= Luc Van den Borre series= engine= PopCap Games Framework version= 1.01 released= 1.0 (August 15 …

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  • 10Non-rocket spacelaunch — Non rocket space launch (NRS) is a launch into space where some or all needed speed and altitude is provided by non rocket means, rather than simply using conventional chemical rockets from the ground. A number of alternatives to rockets have… …

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