chemical rocket
Combustion-powered spacecraft propulsion
A chemical rocket is a rocket propelled by the combustion or decomposition of chemical propellants.
The reaction produces hot gases that expand rapidly through a nozzle, generating thrust.
Most space launch vehicles and missiles use chemical rockets, burning liquid fuels like hydrogen and kerosene or solid propellant mixtures: The Saturn V used chemical rockets to reach the Moon.
- launcherDevice that sends projectiles
- skyrocketRise sharply and suddenly
- retrorocketReverse-firing spacecraft engine
- propellantSubstance creating thrust
- liquid oxygenChilled O2 in fluid form
oxidizer · cruise missile · turbopump · combustion chamber · thrust · surface-to-air missile · ballistic missile · fuel · Soyuz · launch vehicle · launch pad · blast off · escape velocity · nozzle · Space Shuttle · hydrazine · payload · Saturn V
- Space Propulsionhyperdrive, warp drive, jump drive, nuclear propulsion, propulsion
- Rocket Enginesnozzle, combustion chamber, thruster, propulsion, oxidizer
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