Thesaurus entry: rocket

Article: Rockets and Missiles
UXL Encyclopedia of Science;      700+ words ...Rockets and missiles The term rocket is used in two different ... military services. How rockets work The operation of a rocket is based on Newton's ... inside the body of the rocket. In other types of rockets, the expelled fluid may ...

Article: Rockets
Space Sciences;      700+ words ... ... type of nonchemical rocket is powered by ion propulsion . These rockets turn fuel into plasma ... all modern chemical rockets. As Goddard labored in the desert, rocket trailblazer Hermann ... Origin of Today's Rockets In the 1950s, von Braun and his "Rocket Team," many of ...

Article: ROCKETS MISSILES
Stack of Lists;      362 words ...00-00-0000 AAM (air-to-air missile) AA target rocket ABM (antiballistic missle) airborne rocket anchor rocket antiaircraft rocket antimine rocket antimissile antiradar rocket antisubmarine (-rocket ...

Article: BOEING ROCKET EXPLODES DELTA III INAUGURAL FLIGHT TURNS ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  August 27, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... destroying the $300 million rocket and a $1 billion secret military ... Delta III has nine strap-on rockets that help boost the main rocket engine during the early stages of flight. Six of those rockets ignite at launch and then break ...

Article: ROCKET MOTOR TEST HELPS NASA'S SHUTTLE, ARES I
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... requires two reusable solid rocket motors to lift the 4.5 ... the shuttle's twin solid rocket boosters. During a shuttle launch, the rockets take the shuttle to an altitude ... reliability standards of solid rocket motors used for human spaceflight ...

Article: Rocket Software Inc. to Acquire NetManage, Inc.
Business Wire;  December 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ...CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Rocket Software, Inc. (www.rs.com), a privately held corporation ("Rocket"), and NetManage, Inc. (Nasdaq ... have signed, a definitive agreement for Rocket to acquire NetManage in a merger transaction ...

Article: Rockets reach the stratosphere
The Boston Globe;  June 16, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... subject left to discuss is history. The Houston Rockets have demanded a seat at the Congress of Basketball ... completely or as successfully as have the Houston Rockets. Last year the Rockets did what they had to do. The Knicks dictated the ...