* Rocket sled — used for high speeds along ground

The orbiter was lifted up on a sling very similar to the one used at Kennedy Space Center and placed inside the Dynamic Test Stand building, and there mated to the Vertical Mate Ground Vibration Test tank ( VMGVT-ET ), which in turn was attached to a set of inert Solid Rocket Boosters ( SRB ) to form a complete shuttle launch stack, and marked the first time in the program's history that all Space Shuttle elements, an Orbiter, an External Tank ( ET ), and two SRBs, were mated together.

Rocket sleds were used extensively by the United States early in the Cold War to accelerate equipment considered too experimental ( hazardous ) for testing directly in piloted aircraft.

Rocket aircraft are not in common usage today, although rocket-assisted take offs are used for some military aircraft.

Slap-back bass, one identifying characteristic of rockabilly, was used on the Comets ' recordings of " Rocket 88 ", " Rock the Joint ", " Rock Around the Clock ", and " Shake, Rattle, and Roll ".

Oldsmobile once again was a pioneer when, for the 1949 model, they introduced their Rocket engine, which used an overhead valve V8 design rather than the flathead " straight-8 " design which prevailed at the time.

Throughout the 1950s, the make used twin jet pod-styled taillights as a nod to its " Rocket " theme.

From 1948 until 2004, Oldsmobile used a variety of logos employing a rocket theme that played off its Rocket line of V-8 engines.

The launch vehicles used in the Soyuz expendable launch system are manufactured at the Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center ( TsSKB-Progress ) in Samara, Russia.

His last full study was on the Orbital Rocket Airplane which used both tripropellant and ( in some versions ) a plug nozzle, resulting in a spaceship only slightly larger than a Lockheed SR-71, able to operate from traditional runways.

Rocket also used a blastpipe, feeding the exhaust steam from the cylinders into the base of the chimney so as to induce a partial vacuum and pull air through the fire.

Owing to a fascination with airplanes, gadgets and science fiction, he sent names like " Rocket ", " Retro ", " Ramjet ", and " Roger ", the latter a term used in signalling protocol over two-way radios, military and civil aviation.

The proposal – backed by William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, Richard Arkwright junior, and several Manchester bankers – was ambitious ; it was expected that steam locomotives would be used on the line, even though the technology was in its infancy and George Stephenson did not build his revolutionary Rocket until 1829.

Rocket efficiency is strongly related to the mass of the working mass used, which in this case is the nuclear fuel.

Rocket engines can certainly be used to accelerate and decelerate the spacecraft.

Excerpts of Rockets fall On Rocket Falls were also used throughout the BBC documentary The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall.

Both the 42 ft and 7 m telescopes were originally used at the Woomera Rocket Testing Range in Australia.

Rocket was exonerated of all charges on 22 May as it was discovered that he was not in Mississippi during the time of the alleged rape, and that a man by the name of John Minskoff used Rockett's name when he met the woman before raping her.

However, Lindup and Phil Gould saw a poster for a band called Rocket 88 so their idea was abandoned ( although ' 88 ' was later used as a song title ).

Waikikamukau was also used as the setting for a Nickelodeon telemovie, Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand.

In Pokémon Adventures, Articuno was acquired by Team Rocket, and was used by Koga to try to finish Red and Blue and succeeded in freezing them.

Rocket boosters used on aircraft are known as Jet-Assisted TakeOff ( JATO ) rockets.

Both groups used songs first written or performed by Rocket From The Tombs as parts of their repertoires: the Dead Boys were known for " Ain't It Fun ," " What Love Is ," " Down in Flames ," " Caught With the Meat in Your Mouth " ( done by RFTT as " I'm Never Gonna Kill Myself Again ") and " Sonic Reducer "; Pere Ubu went on to reinterpret " Final Solution ," " Life Stinks " and " 30 Seconds Over Tokyo.

* 1829 – Rail transport: Stephenson's The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials.

* October 8, 1829 – Rail transport: Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.

* October 8 – Rail transport: Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.

Notable systems using JOVIAL include the Milstar Communications Satellite, Advanced Cruise Missile, B-52, B-1B, B-2 bombers, C-130, C-141, and C-17 transport aircraft, F-111, F-15, F-16 ( prior to Block 50 ), and F-117 fighter aircraft, LANTIRN, U-2 aircraft, E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft, Navy Aegis cruisers, Army Multiple Launch Rocket System ( MLRS ), Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, F100, F117, and F119 jet engines, the NORAD air defense & control system ( Hughes HME-5118ME system ), the NATO Air Defence Ground Environment ( NADGE ) system and RL-10 rocket engines.

In 1998 Rotary Rocket proposed the Roton, a Single Stage to Orbit ( SSTO ) piloted Vertical Take-off and Landing ( VTOL ) space transport.

They were located west of the Vehicle Assembly Building, where the orbiter was mated with its External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters before transport to the launch pad.

Category: Rocket launch sites

Category: Rocket launch sites

Rocket technology also spread to Korea, with the 15th century wheeled hwacha that would launch singijeon rockets.

Rocket launch vehicles take-off with a great deal of flames, noise and drama, and it might seem obvious that they are grievously inefficient.

* Rocket launch

* Rocket launch site

Following pressure by the American Rocket Society, the National Science Foundation, and the International Geophysical Year, military interest picked up and in early 1955 the Army and Navy were working on Project Orbiter, two competing programs, the army's which involved using a Jupiter C rocket, and the civilian / Navy Vanguard Rocket, to launch a satellite.

" Rocket launch technologies " generally refers to the entire set of systems needed to successfully launch a vehicle, not just the vehicle itself, but also the firing control systems, ground control station, launch pad, and tracking stations needed for a successful launch and / or recovery.

* Rocket launchers — The European Space Agency, Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA and SpaceX use double-track railroad to move rockets and supporting equipment at launch sites.

* Rocket launch sites

During the 1960s, the need for continued operations and development of both future space and ballistic missile launch systems was signified by the re-designation of the site as the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory in 1953.

The Titan IV Solid Rocket Booster static testing began and successfully ended its validation tests and acceptability as the newest booster in the Air Force, providing an additional 25 percent boost to the Titan launch system.

Research and tests were conducted involving the nation's candidates for its next-generation launch systems, X-33, X-34, the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle ( EELV ), and a master plan for rocket propulsion technology covering 15 years called Integrated High Payoff Rocket Propulsion Technology ( IHPRPT ).

* Google Maps: Rocket launch site

Category: Rocket launch sites

This launch was delayed from 9 November due to problems with the electronics on one of the Solid Rocket Boosters, and 12 November due to a fueling problem with the launch pad.