rocket engine
Thrust-producing aerospace motor
A rocket engine generates thrust by expelling propellant at high velocity, pushing the vehicle in the opposite direction.
Unlike jet engines, rocket engines carry their own oxidizer and can operate in space.
The two main types are liquid-propellant engines, which mix fuel and oxidizer from separate tanks, and solid-propellant engines, which burn a pre-mixed fuel cake.
The rocket engine fired for six minutes before cutoff.
Flow-directing pipe fitting
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- propellantSubstance creating thrust
- turbopumpRotary propellant pressurizer
- oxidizerElectron-accepting reactant
fuel · chamber · injector · gimbal · throttle · cryogenics · aerospike · igniter
Forceful forward motion
- megawattMillion-watt unit
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- exhaustUse up entirely
- afterburnerExhaust-stream fuel injector
impulse · acceleration · force · efficiency · performance · energy · horsepower
Moment of ascent
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- flameBurning gas made visible
- exhaustUse up entirely
burn · stage · booster · ascent · separation · trajectory · orbit · velocity
nozzle
Flow-directing pipe fitting
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- propellantSubstance creating thrust
- turbopumpRotary propellant pressurizer
oxidizer · fuel · chamber · injector · gimbal · throttle · cryogenics · aerospike · igniter · propulsion
thrust
Forceful forward motion
- megawattMillion-watt unit
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- exhaustUse up entirely
afterburner · impulse · acceleration · force · efficiency · performance · energy · horsepower
liftoff
Moment of ascent
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- flameBurning gas made visible
exhaust · burn · stage · booster · ascent · separation · trajectory · orbit · velocity · launchpad
NASA
Federal space exploration bureau
F-1 · Apollo · Starship · Falcon · Soyuz · Ariane · mission · payload · spacecraft
hybrid
Thing of mixed parentage
- turbojetTurbine-powered aircraft propulsion
- ramjetVelocity-fed aircraft engine
- scramjetSupersonic-combustion ramjet
ion · aerospike · electric · cryogenic · restartable
- enginesV8, turbine, outboard motor, electric motor, inline-six
- Space Propulsionhyperdrive, warp drive, jump drive, nuclear propulsion, propulsion
- Rocket Enginesnozzle, combustion chamber, thruster, propulsion, oxidizer
- aerospaceairplane, helicopter, spacecraft, astronauts, drones
- machinerymachinery, industrial machinery, motors, motor, machines
- rocketsballistic missile, booster, boosters, Saturn V, Falcon 9
rocket enginejet engine
Thrust-producing aircraft powerplant
turbojet · turbofan · ramjet · internal combustion engine · propeller
rocket, engine, engineer, rockets, engineering, engines, rocketing, rocketed, engined