Rocket (disambiguation)

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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

Rocket (weapon), an unguided, powered weapon
Rocket (firework), a firework that propels itself into the air in order to fly

Arts and entertainment

Rocket Comics, a title published by Maple Leaf Publishing
Rocket: Robot on Wheels, a 1999 video game by Sucker Punch Productions
"The Rocket" (short story), a 1950 science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury
Rocket, the code-name of the game engine for Age of Empires III
The Rocket (Slippery Rock), a weekly newspaper published by the students of Slippery Rock University
The Rocket (newspaper), a defunct weekly newspaper in Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon

Film

The Rocket (2005 film), a film about the life of ice hockey's Maurice Richard
The Rocket (2013 film), a 2013 Australian film
Rocket (Buscapé), the protagonist and narrator in the Brazilian film City of God

Military

HMS Rocket, eight ships of the Royal Navy and one planned ship
Operation Rocket, a British Second World War Club Run supplying aircraft to the besieged island of Malta

Music

The Rocket Record Company, a record label founded by Elton John

Bands

Rocket (band), an American all-girl pop-punk band formed in 2005
The Rockets (band), an American rock band from Detroit
The Rockets (Los Angeles band), pre-Crazy Horse
Rockets (band), a French space rock band formed in 1972 (a.k.a. Les Rockets)
The Rockets, a Louisiana band featuring Dick Holler
The Rockets, 1950s British rock and roll group led by Tony Crombie
The Rockets, Kansas City big band led by Harlan Leonard, founded in 1937

Albums

Rocket (album), a 1996 album by the band Primitive Radio Gods
The Rockets (album), by the Los Angeles band
Rockets (Rockets album), by French band
Rockets (Daniel Lanois album), 2005

Songs

"Rocket" (Beyoncé song), 2013
"Rocket" (Def Leppard song), 1987
"Rocket" (El Presidente song), 2005
"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 Yellowcard from their EP The Underdog EP
"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

Sports teams

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
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 team), an American Professional Soccer League team for the 1994 season, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Transportation

Stephenson's Rocket, also known as The Rocket, an early steam locomotive (1829)
Rocket, several passenger trains operated by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
- Rock Island Rockets (1937), lightweight diesel-electric passenger trains
Rocket, a South Devon Railway Comet class steam locomotive
Toronto Rocket (Toronto subway car), the newest articulated subway fleet for the Toronto Transit Commission's subway system
Oldsmobile V8 engine

People

Rocket (nickname)
Owen Hart (1965–1999), 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

Fictional characters

Rocky the Flying Squirrel (Rocket J. Squirrel), a main character in the American animated television series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
Rocket (comics), a DC Comics character
Rocket Raccoon, a fictional character, of Marvel Comics
Team Rocket, a fictional villainous team from the Pokémon franchise

Other uses

Rocket (plant) (Eruca sativa), a leafy vegetable
Smarties (wafer candy), a fruit-flavored sugar candy also known as Rockets
Rocket Internet, a startup incubator; see List of venture capital firms