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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