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rocket
rocket any vehicle propelled by ejection of the gases produced by combustion of self-contained propellants. Rockets are used in fireworks, as military weapons, and in scientific applications such as space exploration. Rocket Propulsion The force acting on a rocket, called its thrust, is e... Read more
Robert Hutchings Goddard
Robert Hutchings Goddard 1882-1945, American physicist and rocket expert, b. Worcester, Mass., grad. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (B.S., 1908), Ph.D. Clark Univ., 1911. From 1914 he was associated with Clark Univ., becoming a professor of physics in 1919. Goddard designed and built early high al... Read more
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky , 1857-1935, Russian inventor and rocket expert. He lost his hearing in childhood, and, as he could not attend the usual schools, he educated himself. His most important work was concerned with the possibility of rocket flight into outer space. Tsiolkovsky's The I... Read more
Hermann Julius Oberth
Hermann Julius Oberth 1894-1989, Austro-German astronautical pioneer, b. Hermannstadt, Austria-Hungary (now Sibiu, Romania). Beginning his studies in astronautics before World War I, he first proposed a liquid-propellant rocket in 1917 and in 1923 published his unsuccessful Ph.D. dissertation, T... Read more
bazooka
bazooka in warfare, portable, lightweight metal tube from which rockets are launched, usually operated by two men. It is used by infantry as an antitank weapon and also for attacking pillboxes and bunkers. In general, the bazooka is a short-range weapon with low accuracy; however, it gives the indi... Read more
space shuttle
space shuttle Re-usable rocket-powered US spacecraft. The main part of the shuttle, the orbiter (of which four have been built, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, and Atlantis), looks like a bulky jet aircraft with swept-back wings. It ferries people and equipment between the ground and Earth orbit. ... Read more
Redstone Arsenal
Redstone Arsenal U.S. rocket research and development center, 38,781 acres (15,694 hectares), N Ala., W of Huntsville; est. 1941. One of the state's largest industrial enterprises, it includes the Army Missile Command, responsible for the army's rocket and guided missile program; the Army Missile a... Read more
Wernher von Braun
Wernher von Braun , 1912-77, German-American rocket expert, b. Germany, grad. Berlin Technological Institute (B.S., 1932), Univ. of Berlin (Ph.D., 1934). Devoted to the pursuit of rocketry and spaceflight since his teenage years, von Braun assisted Hermann Oberth after 1930 in early experiments in... Read more
Elton Hercules John
Elton Hercules John 1947-, English popular singer, pianist, and composer, b. Reginald Kenneth Dwight. By the mid-1970s he had become famous presenting his own and other composers' songs in spectacularly staged productions. His songs include "Benny and the Jets," "Rocket Man," and "Candle ... Read more
mesosphere
mesosphere The middle layer of Earth's atmosphere, lying above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere, at altitudes of 50–85 km. Temperatures in the mesosphere fall with increasing altitude, reaching a minimum at the mesopause. Measurements from sounding rockets indicate the mesos... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "rocket"

rocket weapons
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II rocket weapons (for the German V-2 rocket, see V-weapons ). The rocket as a weapon saw little use in the early part of the century, but in the 1930s it began a revival, largely on the grounds of economy. The principal advantage of the rocket is the... Read more
rocket
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...by combustion of self-contained propellants. Rockets are used in fireworks, as military weapons...scientific applications such as space exploration. Rocket Propulsion The force acting on a rocket, called its thrust, is equal to the mass ejected... Read more
Missiles and Rockets
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Missiles and Rockets. In 1814, as the British besieged Fort...Baltimore, Francis Scott Key observed their rocket barrages; his poem describing the scene...making his descriptive phrase, “rockets’ red glare,” part of the... Read more
Rocket to the Moon
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Rocket to the Moon (1938), a play by Clifford Odets . [ Belasco Theatre , 131 perf.] Ben Stark ( Morris Carnovsky ) is a young dentist... Read more
V1, V2 rockets
Book article from: World Encyclopedia V1, V2 rockets (abbreviation for Vergeltungswaffen, vengeance weapons) V-1s, popularly known as doodlebugs , flying bombs , or buzz bombs , were... Read more
Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin Eduardovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...Izhevskoye, Tsiolkovsky was a pioneer of rocket technology and astronautics, known in Russia...Robert Goddard of Russia," after the American rocket expert, who, like Tsiolkovsky, began testing rockets in the first decade of the twentieth century... Read more
Wernher von Braun
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , 1912-77, German-American rocket expert, b. Germany, grad. Berlin Technological...1934). Devoted to the pursuit of rocketry and spaceflight since his teenage years...building and firing small liquid fuel rockets. His doctoral studies were funded by... Read more
Robert Hutchings Goddard
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 1882-1945, American physicist and rocket expert, b. Worcester, Mass., grad...designed and built early high altitude rockets. In 1926 he completed and successfully fired the world's first liquid fuel rocket. He developed the first smokeless powder... Read more
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , 1857-1935, Russian inventor and rocket expert. He lost his hearing in childhood...was concerned with the possibility of rocket flight into outer space. Tsiolkovsky's...earth's gravitational pull by means of rockets. He also suggests the use of reaction... Read more
space shuttle
Book article from: World Encyclopedia space shuttle Re-usable rocket-powered US spacecraft. The main part of the shuttle...attached to a large fuel tank, using its own three rocket engines, assisted by two booster rockets. The boosters are jettisoned about two minutes after... Read more

Dictionary entries related to "rocket"

rocket
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable rocket often used as an image of speed; Rocket was the name of the steam locomotive (1829) built by George Stephenson...Robert, the prototype for all future steam locomotives. up like a rocket, down like a stick proverbial saying, late 19th century, meaning... Read more
rocket propulsion
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military rocket propulsion reaction propulsion wherein both the fuel and the oxidizer, generating the hot gases expended through a nozzle, are carried as part of the rocket engine. Rocket propulsion differs from jet propulsion in that jet propulsion utilizes atmospheric air as an oxidizer, whereas... Read more
rocket and missile artillery
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military rocket and missile artillery long-range artillery fired from rocket-launchers and equipped with warheads. Missile artillery usually refers to guided missiles; rocket artillery refers to unguided artillery that depends on... Read more
Rockets
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ROCKETS ROCKETS. In their most basic form, rockets are uncomplicated machines. They comprise a fuel supply, a combustion chamber in which the fuel is burnt, and a nozzle through which the products of combustion — mostly hot gasses —... Read more
submarine rocket
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military submarine rocket SUBROC a submarine-launched, surface-to-surface rocket with nuclear depth charge or homing torpedo payload that is primarily an antisubmarine weapon. Read more
free rocket
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military free rocket a rocket not subject to guidance or control in flight. Read more
rocket platoon
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military rocket platoon a small military unit assigned to man a rocket-firing weapons system. Read more
rocket, antiarmor
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military rocket, antiarmor a hand-held, vehicle-mounted, or aircraft rocket designed to damage or destroy enemy armored vehicles. Read more
Woomera rocket range
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Woomera rocket range A weapons-testing zone including areas of South and Western Australia, established in 1946. It includes the sites of Emu... Read more
antisubmarine rocket
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military antisubmarine rocket ASROC a nuclear depth charge or homing torpedo that is launched from a surface ship. Read more

Thesaurus entries related to "rocket"

rocket
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus rocket • noun   1. guerrillas fired rockets at them synonyms : missile, projectile.   2. they lit some colorful rockets synonyms : firework, firecracker, Roman candle. • verb   1. prices... Read more
projectile
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English projectile • noun   synonyms : missile, rocket, shell, grenade, bullet. Read more
missile
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English missile • noun   synonyms : projectile, shot, weapon, rocket, weapon for throwing. Read more
launch
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus launch • verb   1. they've launched the shuttle the rocket has launched synonyms : send into orbit, blast off, take off, lift off.   2. he launched the boat synonyms : set afloat, put... Read more
escalate
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus escalate • verb   1. prices have escalated synonyms : increase rapidly, soar, rocket, shoot up, mount, spiral, climb, go up, inflate; informal go through the ceiling, go through the roof, skyrocket. antonym: plunge... Read more
spaceship
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus spaceship • noun  a televised report from the spaceship synonyms : spacecraft, space shuttle, rocket ship. Read more
beacon
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English beacon • noun   synonyms : signal fire/light, bonfire, smoke signal, flare, beam, rocket, signal, danger signal; lighthouse, watchtower. Read more
proliferate
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus proliferate • verb  stories of her trial proliferated synonyms : increase rapidly, grow rapidly, multiply, rocket, mushroom, snowball, burgeon, run riot. antonyms: decrease, dwindle. Read more
spiral
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English spiral • verb   1. smoke spiraling from the chimney synonyms : coil, wind, twist, swirl, wreathe.   2. prices spiraling synonyms : soar, rocket, rise, go up, mount, increase. Read more
burgeon
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus burgeon • verb  the toy industry is burgeoning synonyms : flourish, thrive, prosper, improve, develop; expand, escalate, swell, grow, boom, mushroom, snowball, rocket. Read more

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

Rocket Renaissance.(Air Force doubling rocket system capability)
Magazine article from: Airman; 8/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Force is doubling the capability of every U.S. rocket propulsion system -- now The rocket test produced a tsunami of sound waves, as startling...executives watched the world's newest reusable rocket engine gulp fuel while scientists revved the... Read more
ISRAEL - Sept 3 - Olmert Issues Warning After Rockets Are Fired At Israeli Border Town.(Ehud Olmert)
Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat Recorder; 9/8/2007; 567 words ; A rocket fires from Gaza on Sept 3 morning lands...PM Ehud Olmert. Nobody was wounded in the rocket attack, but five people were treated for...police chief, said by telephone that the rocket had slammed into a tree that was blocking... Read more
Transformation: bringing precision to MLRS rockets.
Magazine article from: FA Journal; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; Increasing the precision of multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS) rockets will provide greater lethality and effectiveness...fires. This article discusses the guided MLRS (CMLRS) rocket and guided unitary rocket, both under development... Read more
Rocket Pioneers.(Wernher von Braun, Bernhard Tessmann and Karl Heimburg)
Magazine article from: Soldiers Magazine; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ROCKET Pioneers Wernher von Braun, Bernhard Tessmann and Karl Heimburg built early U.S. military rockets at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., home of the U...magazine in 1989, recap the beginning of the U.S. Army's rocket program, born of war and today preventing war, and they... Read more
Lost in Space - Adventures of a Rocket Mom.(one mother's attempt at bonding with sons)
Magazine article from: Fathering Magazine; 8/30/2001; ; 700+ words ; Lost in Space - Adventures of a Rocket Mom by Marcy Goldman Not so long ago...was the obvious pun - that there were rockets you got at hobby stores you could actually...December but apparently, these sort of rockets are more seasonal. But spring,?yes! Rocket... Read more
IRAN - Feb 4 - Iran Unveils Space Center, Launches Rocket.(Explorer-1)
Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat Recorder; 2/9/2008; 672 words ; Iran launches a research rocket and unveiled its first major space center...developing a space program. The first Iranian rocket Explorer-1 was fired into space , state-r...technology to build satellites and launch rockets into space . Yet the same technology... Read more
PALESTINE - Sept 11 - Rocket From Gaza Wounds 40 Israeli Soldiers.
Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat Recorder; 9/15/2007; 562 words ; A Palestinian rocket fires from Gaza wounded about 40 soldiers...operation against Hamas. The crude Qassam rocket landed on an empty tent while young soldiers...They were blasted by shrapnel from the rocket, which was fired by Islamic Jihad and... Read more
ROCKET MOBILE INTRODUCES "MOBLOGGING".
Newspaper article from: Tele-Service News; 5/1/2004; 531 words ; Rocket Mobile, a provider of client-based mobile handset software...application, developed for QUALCOMM's BREW solution, leverages Rocket Mobile's RocketBrowser(TM) and RocketJournal(TM) technologies...unique application, said Wayne Yurtin, president and CEO of Rocket Mobile. Location-based services will be ... Read more
HIMARS for rapidly deployable rocket and missile fires.(high-mobility artillery rocket system)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: FA Journal; 3/1/2002; ; 631 words ; ...supporting light and early entry forces with rocket and missile fires. The high-mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) was developed to meet the...requirement for a lighter weight, more deployable rocket and missile system to provide the maneuver... Read more
Aerospace Firms Push the Envelope.(Lockheed martin Corp. negotiates with US Air Force for rocket development funding)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 5/21/2001; ; 700+ words ; Air Force Considers Lockheed Rocket as NASA Ends Program Gravely disappointed...to cancel an experimental reusable rocket program on which $1.3 billion has already...to complete construction of the X-33 rocket. Should the additional funding come... Read more