# 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 (weapon), projectile weapon

## 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
* 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
* 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

* Diplotaxis tenuifolia (wild rocket), a perennial leafy vegetable cultivated for its spicy flavoured leaves
* Eruca sativa (garden rocket, also called arugula), an annual 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
### Trains

* 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 Internet, a startup incubator
* The Rocket, Euston, a Grade II listed public house in London, UK
* 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)