A rocketeer is a person who uses
rocket
A rocket (from , and so named for its shape) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using any surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. Rocket engines work entirely ...
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It may also refer to:
People
* A soldier specialized in
rocket artillery
Rocket artillery is artillery that uses rockets as the projectile. The use of rocket artillery dates back to medieval China where devices such as fire arrows were used (albeit mostly as a psychological weapon). Fire arrows were also used in mult ...
** ''1st Rocketeer Corps'' of Poland, who operated the
Congreve rocket
The Congreve rocket was a type of rocket artillery designed by British inventor Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, Sir William Congreve in 1808.
The design was based upon Mysorean rockets, the rockets deployed by the Kingdom of Mysore against ...
* A person who rides rockets, an
astronaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a List of human spaceflight programs, human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member of a spa ...
* A person who operates
model rocket
A model rocket is a small rocket designed to reach low altitudes (e.g., for a model) and #Model rocket recovery methods, be recovered by a variety of means.
According to the United States National Association of Rocketry, National Associati ...
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* A person specializing in creating rockets; a
rocket scientist
A rocket (from , and so named for its shape) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using any surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. Rocket engines work entirely ...
Entertainment
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''The Rocketeer'' (character), a fictional comic book character and media franchise
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''The Rocketeer'' (film), a 1991 Disney film featuring the character
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''The Rocketeer'' (soundtrack), 1991 soundtrack album
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''The Rocketeer'' (NES video game), a 1991 videogame based on the character
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''The Rocketeer'' (TV series), animated series based on the character
* Rocketeers, comic book characters, see
list of ''Marvel Comics'' teams and organizations
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"Rocketeer" (song), a 2010 song by Far East Movement off the album ''Free Wired''
See also
* ''Rocketer'', a sailing brig wrecked in 1857; see
List of shipwrecks in January 1857
The list of shipwrecks in January 1857 includes ships sunk, wrecked or otherwise lost during January 1857.
1 January
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4 January
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* ''
Rosie the Rocketer
Lt. Col. Charles "Bazooka Charlie" Carpenter (August 29, 1912 – March 22, 1966) was a United States Army officer and army observation pilot who served in World War II. He is most known for destroying several enemy armored vehicles in his bazook ...
'', a scout attack plane
* ''
Rosie the Rocketeer
The Boeing Starliner (or CST-100) is a spacecraft designed to transport crew to and from the International Space Station (ISS) and other low-Earth-orbit destinations. Developed by Boeing under NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), it consists o ...
'', a Boeing spaceflight test dummy
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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
* Rocket (wea ...
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Rocket Man (disambiguation)
Rocket Man, Rocketman, Rocketmen, etc., may refer to:
* a person who uses rockets
* a colloquial expression for astronaut
Film, television and audio plays
* ''The Rocket Man'' (1954 film), a comedy film
* ''RocketMan'' (1997 film), a science- ...
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Missileer (disambiguation)
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