Rocket (disambiguation)

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), a firework

Arts and entertainment

 * Rocket: Robot on Wheels, a 1999 video game by Sucker Punch Productions
 * The Rocket (magazine), a monthly political news magazine published in Malaysia
 * 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), a French-Canadian film about the life of ice hockey's Maurice "The Rocket" Richard
 * The Rocket (2013 film), an Australian film
 * Rocket (film), a 2015 Indian film

Military

 * HMS Rocket, eight ships of the Royal Navy and one planned ship
 * Rocket (weapon), projectile weapon
 * 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

 * 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

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" (The Smashing Pumpkins song), 1993
 * "Rocket", a 1990 song by Susumu Hirasawa from his album The Ghost in Science
 * "Rocket", a 1998 song by The Jesus and Mary Chain as a B-side to the single "Cracking Up"
 * "Rocket", a 2002 song by Nebula from their album Dos EPs
 * "Rocket", a 2011 song by The Wanted from their album Battleground
 * "Rocket", a 2013 song by A Friend in London from their album Unite
 * "Rockets", a 1981 song by Joe Walsh from his album There Goes the Neighborhood
 * "Rockets", a 2008 song by Simple Minds from their album Graffiti Soul

People

 * Rocket (nickname)
 * Owen Hart (1965–1999), Canadian professional wrestler with the ring name "The Rocket"
 * Charles Rocket (1949–2005), stage name of American actor Charles Adams Claverie
 * Rockets Redglare (1949–2001), stage name of American actor Michael Morra
 * Evan Dollard (born 1982), stage name from the 2008 American Gladiators TV series
 * Maurice Richard (1921–2000), Canadian professional ice hockey player nicknamed "Rocket"

Characters

 * Rocky the Flying Squirrel (Rocket J. Squirrel), a main character in the American animated television series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
 * Rocket (DC Comics), a DC Comics character
 * Rocket Raccoon, a fictional character, of Marvel Comics
 * Rocket (Marvel Cinematic Universe), the Marvel Cinematic Universe adaptation of Rocket Raccoon
 * Rocket Red, the first of several characters in DC Comics
 * Team Rocket, a fictional villainous Pokémon team

Plants

 * Rocket (plant) (Eruca sativa), a leafy vegetable also known as "arugula"
 * Diplotaxis tenuifolia (wild rocket), a leafy vegetable cultivated for its spicy flavoured leaves
 * 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

 * Dynamic Sport Rocket, a Polish paramotor design
 * Stephenson's Rocket, also known as The Rocket, an early steam locomotive (1829)
 * Oldsmobile V8 engine, also called the Rocket
 * Toronto Rocket, a series of rolling stock used in the Toronto subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 * a lightweight vehicle produced by the Light Car Company
 * several passenger trains operated by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
 * Rock Island Rockets (1937), lightweight diesel-electric passenger trains
 * a South Devon Railway Comet class steam locomotive

Other uses

 * Rocket, another name for the vegetable Eruca vesicaria
 * Rockets (candy), a fruit-flavored sugar candy known as Smarties in the United States
 * Rocket eBook, e-reader produced by NuvoMedia in late 1998
 * Rocket Internet, a startup incubator
 * Johnny Rockets, an American restaurant franchise
 * The Rocket, Euston, a Grade II listed public house
 * The Rockets (1987–1991), a Canadian television show that aired on CTV
 * Rocket (web framework)
 * Rocket League (game)
 * Rocket Mortgage, LLC, a mortgage lender based in Detroit. Michigan; formerly Quicken Loans