rocketship
Interplanetary travel vehicle
A rocketship is a spacecraft propelled by rockets, designed to travel beyond Earth's atmosphere.
The term evokes mid-twentieth-century science fiction—ray guns, alien planets, astronauts in silver suits.
Children's toys and retro imagery favor the single word, while technical contexts prefer rocket ship or simply spacecraft: The rocketship blasted off toward Mars.
Short-distance transport
- capsuleEnclosed dose container
- moduleIndependent functional component
- orbiterBody circling another
- probeThorough examination or tool
lander · rover · satellite · spaceplane · Apollo · Soyuz · Sputnik · Mir
Spacecraft crew member
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
- spacewalkVenturing outside a spacecraft
- orbitCurved celestial path
- discoveryAct of finding something
interstellar · galaxy · nebula · celestial · universe · astronomy · astrophysics · cosmology
Futuristic fiction, abbreviated
- space ageSleekly modern, satellite-era
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
- warp driveHypothetical superluminal propulsion system
- hyperspaceFaster-than-light travel medium
Mars colony · moon base · space tourism · interplanetary · galactic · UFO · alien · laser
Forceful forward motion
- engineMachine producing motion
- fuelEnergy source material
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- ignitionStarting combustion process
acceleration · velocity · trajectory · exhaust · nozzle · propellant · boosters · afterburner
Journey by sea
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- questSeeking journey for something
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
mission · trek · navigation · trajectory · destination · frontier · pioneering · exploration
shuttle
Short-distance transport
probe · lander · rover · satellite · spaceplane · Apollo · Soyuz · Sputnik · Mir · ISS
astronaut
Spacecraft crew member
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
- spacewalkVenturing outside a spacecraft
- orbitCurved celestial path
discovery · interstellar · galaxy · nebula · celestial · universe · astronomy · astrophysics · cosmology · extraterrestrial
sci-fi
Futuristic fiction, abbreviated
- space ageSleekly modern, satellite-era
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
- warp driveHypothetical superluminal propulsion system
hyperspace · Mars colony · moon base · space tourism · interplanetary · galactic · UFO · alien · laser · ray gun
thrust
Forceful forward motion
- engineMachine producing motion
- fuelEnergy source material
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
ignition · acceleration · velocity · trajectory · exhaust · nozzle · propellant · boosters · afterburner · launch
voyage
Journey by sea
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- questSeeking journey for something
adventure · mission · trek · navigation · trajectory · destination · frontier · pioneering · exploration · passage
- classic sci-fiAsimov, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Clarke, Ray Bradbury
rocketshiphorse and buggy
Animal-drawn wheeled vehicle
covered wagon · ox cart · rowboat · canoe · sailboat
rocketshipsubmarine
Underwater naval craft
bathyscaphe · underground train · deep-sea vessel · subway · mine cart
rocketshiphorse-drawn carriage
Animal-powered wheeled vehicle
stagecoach · chariot · wooden ship · dugout canoe · travois
ship, rocket, spaceship, rockets, skyrocket, rocketry, rocketeer, rocketeers