A rocket is a vehicle, missile, or aircraft propelled by an engine that creates thrust from a high speed exhaust jet made exclusively from propellant.
Rocket or Rockets may also refer to:
Projectiles
Rocket (firework) Rocket (weapon)
Arts and entertainment Rocket: Robot on Wheels, a 1999 video game by Sucker Punch Productions The Rocket (Malaysian magazine), a monthly political news magazine The Rocket (music magazine), a defunct weekly magazine in Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon The Rocket (painting), a 1909 painting by Edward Middleton Manigault "The Rocket" (short story), a 1950 science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury The Rocket (Slippery Rock), a weekly newspaper published by the students of Slippery Rock University A character in the animated series Little Einsteins Zac’s pet hound dog in the animated series Shimmer and Shine Rocket Comics, a title published by Maple Leaf Publishing
Film The Rocket (2005 film), French-Canadian, about ice hockey player Maurice "The Rocket" Richard The Rocket (2013 film), Australia Rocket (film), India, 2015
Military HMS Rocket, eight ships of the Royal Navy and one planned ship Operation Rocket, a British Second World War Club Run supplying aircraft to the besieged island of Malta
Music The Rocket Record Company, a record label founded by Elton John
Bands Rocket (band), an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California active in the 2020s Rockets (band), a French space rock band formed in 1972 (a.k.a. Les Rockets) The Rockets (Detroit band), an American rock band from Detroit The Rockets (Los Angeles band), pre-Crazy Horse The Rockets, a Louisiana band featuring Dick Holler The Rockets, 1950s British rock and roll group led by Tony Crombie The Rockets, Kansas City big band led by Harlan Leonard, founded in 1937 The Rockets, of Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets, a Texas blues band
Albums Rocket (Alex G album), 2017 Rocket (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians album), 2018 Rocket (Primitive Radio Gods album), 1996 Rockets (Daniel Lanois album), 2005 Rockets (Rockets album), by the French band, 1976 The Rockets (album), by the Los Angeles band, 1968 R Is for Rocket (album), 2025, by Rocket Rocket, 2025 mixtape by Dominic Fike
Songs "Rocket" (Beyoncé song), 2013 "Rocket" (Def Leppard song), 1987 "Rocket" (El Presidente song), 2005 "Rocket" (En Vogue song), 2017 "Rocket" (Goldfrapp song), 2010 "Rocket" (Mohamed Ali song), 2009 "Rocket" (Robbie Williams song), 2025 "Rocket" (The Smashing Pumpkins song), 1993 "Rocket", 1990, by Susumu Hirasawa from album The Ghost in Science "Rocket", 2021, by NCT Dream from album Hot Sauce "Rocket", 2002, by Nebula from album Dos EPs "Rockets", 2011, by Moby from album Destroyed "Rocket", 2011, by The Wanted from album Battleground "Rocket", 2013, by A Friend in London from album Unite "Rockets", 1981, by Joe Walsh from album There Goes the Neighborhood "Rockets", 2008, by Simple Minds from album Graffiti Soul
People Rocket (nickname) Owen Hart (1965–1999), Canadian professional wrestler with the ring name "The Rocket" Evan Dollard (born 1982), stage name from the 2008 American Gladiators TV series Maurice Richard (1921–2000), Canadian professional ice hockey player nicknamed "Rocket" Charles Rocket (1949–2005), stage name of American actor Charles Adams Claverie Mark Rocket, New Zealand entrepreneur who changed his surname from Stevens to Rocket
Characters Rocky the Flying Squirrel (Rocket J. Squirrel), in the US animated TV series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show Rocket (DC Comics) Rocket Raccoon, Marvel Comics Rocket (Marvel Cinematic Universe), adaptation of Rocket Raccoon Rocket Red, several DC Comics characters Team Rocket, a Pokémon team
Plants Diplotaxis tenuifolia (wild rocket), a perennial leafy vegetable Eruca sativa (garden rocket or arugula), an annual leafy vegetable Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket), a wildflower Reseda luteola (dyer's rocket), a plant that makes a yellow dye Sisymbrium irio (London rocket), a herbal plant in the family Brassicaceae Blue rocket, another name for aconitum
Sports teams Air Transport Command Rockets, a World War II football team from the Air Transport Command Bayi Rockets, a team in the Chinese Basketball Association Chicago Rockets, a team in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949 Dundee Rockets, a defunct ice hockey club that was based in Dundee, Scotland Houston Rockets, a National Basketball Association team Jacksonville Rockets, an Eastern Hockey League team from 1964 to 1972 Kelowna Rockets, a Canadian Western Hockey League team Montreal Rocket, a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team from 1999 to 2003 Oettinger Rockets, a German basketball team P.E.I. Rocket, a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team Philadelphia Rockets, an American Hockey League team of the 1940s Reading Rockets, a team in the English Basketball League Rye House Rockets, an English speedway team Strathroy Rockets, a Canadian Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League team based in Strathroy, Ontario Tacoma Rockets, a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League from 1991 to 1995 Tacoma Rockets (PCHL and WHL), a professional ice hockey team in Tacoma, Washington, from 1946 to 1953 Toledo Rockets, the athletic teams of the University of Toledo Toronto Rockets (soccer), an American Professional Soccer League team for the 1994 season, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Transportation Trains Rocket (Reading locomotive), an early steam locomotive (1838) used by the Reading Railroad Rocket (Rock Island trains), streamlined diesel-electric passenger trains of the 1930s Stephenson's Rocket, also known as The Rocket, an early steam locomotive (1829) Toronto Rocket, a series of rolling stock used in the Toronto subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Rocket, a South Devon Railway Comet class steam locomotive
Other Dynamic Sport Rocket, a Polish paramotor design Oldsmobile V8 engine, also called the Rocket A lightweight vehicle produced by the Light Car Company
Businesses Rocket (mobile financial service), a mobile banking service Rocket Internet, a startup incubator The Rocket, Euston, a Grade II listed public house in London, UK Rocket Companies, a fintech and homeownership services company Rocket Mortgage, a mortgage lender based in Detroit. Michigan; formerly Quicken Loans Rocket Software, a software development company
Other uses Rockets (candy), a fruit-flavored sugar candy known as Smarties in the United States Rocket eBook, e-reader produced by NuvoMedia in late 1998 The Rockets (1987–1991), a Canadian television show that aired on CTV Rocket (web framework) Rocket Classic, a professional golf tournament in Michigan on the PGA Tour. Rocket Arena, a multi-purpose arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
See also Rocket League, a video game Rocket immunoelectrophoresis, a biochemical method for determining protein concentration Rockett (disambiguation) Rockettes (disambiguation) Rockit (disambiguation) Roquet (disambiguation) Roquetes (disambiguation) Roquette (disambiguation) Roquettes