Rocket (disambiguation)
Appearance
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
[edit]- Rocket (firework), a firework
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- Rocket: Robot on Wheels, a 1999 video game by Sucker Punch Productions
- The Rocket (magazine), a monthly political news magazine published in Malaysia
- The Rocket (music magazine), a defunct weekly magazine in Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon
- The Rocket (painting), a 1909 painting by Edward Middleton Manigault
- "The Rocket" (short story), a 1950 science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury
- The Rocket (Slippery Rock), a weekly newspaper published by the students of Slippery Rock University
- a character in the animated series Little Einsteins
- Zac’s pet hound dog in the animated series Shimmer and Shine
- Rocket Comics, a title published by Maple Leaf Publishing
Film
[edit]- The Rocket (2005 film), a French-Canadian film about the life of ice hockey's Maurice "The Rocket" Richard
- The Rocket (2013 film), an Australian film
- Rocket (film), a 2015 Indian film
Military
[edit]- 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
[edit]- The Rocket Record Company, a record label founded by Elton John
Bands
[edit]- Rockets (band), a French space rock band formed in 1972 (a.k.a. Les Rockets)
- The Rockets (Detroit band), an American rock band from Detroit
- The Rockets (Los Angeles band), pre-Crazy Horse
- 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
- The Rockets, of Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets, a Texas blues band
Albums
[edit]- Rocket (Alex G album), 2017
- Rocket (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians album), 2018
- Rocket (Primitive Radio Gods album), 1996
- Rockets (Daniel Lanois album), 2005
- Rockets (Rockets album), by the French band, 1976
- The Rockets (album), by the Los Angeles band, 1968
Songs
[edit]- "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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Rocky the Flying Squirrel (Rocket J. Squirrel), a main character in the American animated television series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
- Rocket (DC Comics), a DC Comics character
- Rocket Raccoon, a fictional character, of Marvel Comics
- Rocket (Marvel Cinematic Universe), the Marvel Cinematic Universe adaptation of Rocket Raccoon
- Rocket Red, the first of several characters in DC Comics
- Team Rocket, a fictional villainous Pokémon team
Plants
[edit]- Diplotaxis tenuifolia (wild rocket), a leafy vegetable cultivated for its spicy flavoured leaves
- Eruca vesicaria, a leafy vegetable also known as "rocket" or "arugula"
- Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket), a wildflower
- Reseda luteola (dyer's rocket), a plant that makes a yellow dye
- Sisymbrium irio (London rocket), a herbal plant in the family Brassicaceae
- Blue rocket, another name for aconitum
Sports teams
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Dynamic Sport Rocket, a Polish paramotor design
- Stephenson's Rocket, also known as The Rocket, an early steam locomotive (1829)
- Oldsmobile V8 engine, also called the Rocket
- Toronto Rocket, a series of rolling stock used in the Toronto subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- a lightweight vehicle produced by the Light Car Company
- several passenger trains operated by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
- Rock Island Rockets (1937), lightweight diesel-electric passenger trains
- a South Devon Railway Comet class steam locomotive
Other uses
[edit]- Rocket, another name for the vegetable Eruca vesicaria
- Rockets (candy), a fruit-flavored sugar candy known as Smarties in the United States
- Rocket eBook, e-reader produced by NuvoMedia in late 1998
- Rocket Internet, a startup incubator
- Johnny Rockets, an American restaurant franchise
- The Rocket, Euston, a Grade II listed public house
- The Rockets (1987–1991), a Canadian television show that aired on CTV
- Rocket (web framework)
- Rocket League (game)
- Rocket Mortgage, LLC, a mortgage lender based in Detroit. Michigan; formerly Quicken Loans
- Rocket Software, a software development company
See also
[edit]- Rocket immunoelectrophoresis, a biochemical method for determining protein concentration
- Rockett (disambiguation)
- Rockettes (disambiguation)
- Rockit (disambiguation)
- Roquet (disambiguation)
- Roquetes (disambiguation)
- Roquette (disambiguation)
- Roquettes