space rocket
Heavens-bound vehicle
A space rocket is a vehicle propelled by rocket engines designed to travel beyond Earth's atmosphere.
Space rockets carry satellites into orbit, deliver astronauts to space stations, or launch probes toward other planets.
The term emphasizes the craft's destination rather than its propulsion method: The space rocket lifted off at dawn.
Forceful forward motion
- engineMachine producing motion
- fuelEnergy source material
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- nozzleFlow-directing pipe fitting
exhaust · ignition · oxidizer · burn · velocity · impulse · staging · cryogenics
Vehicle for outer space
- capsuleEnclosed dose container
- shuttleShort-distance transport
- moduleIndependent functional component
- boosterSomething that increases strength
satellite · orbiter · lander · rover · Soyuz · Apollo · Starship · Falcon
Set into motion
- orbitCurved celestial path
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- reentryComing back in
- dockingConnecting to a port
rendezvous · splashdown · landing · countdown · mission control · astronaut · cosmonaut · crew
Red planet, war deity
- asteroidSun-orbiting rocky mass
- probeThorough examination or tool
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- VoyagerNASA interstellar mission name
New Horizons · interstellar · extraterrestrial · colonization · NASA · ESA · SpaceX · frontier
thrust
Forceful forward motion
- engineMachine producing motion
- fuelEnergy source material
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
nozzle · exhaust · ignition · oxidizer · burn · velocity · impulse · staging · cryogenics · solid
spacecraft
Vehicle for outer space
booster · satellite · orbiter · lander · rover · Soyuz · Apollo · Starship · Falcon · Saturn V
launch
Set into motion
- orbitCurved celestial path
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- reentryComing back in
docking · rendezvous · splashdown · landing · countdown · mission control · astronaut · cosmonaut · crew · payload
Mars
Red planet, war deity
Voyager · New Horizons · interstellar · extraterrestrial · colonization · NASA · ESA · SpaceX · frontier · discovery
space rocketsubmarine
Underwater naval craft
underground train · airplane · subway · subway car · mine cart
space rocketdrill
Hole-boring device
anchor · bunker buster · earth mover · oil derrick · reentry capsule
space rockethorse and cart
Animal-drawn wheeled conveyance
ox cart · canoe · donkey · rickshaw · dugout canoe
space, rocket, spacious, cyberspace, spatial, legroom, green space, airspace, aerospace