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{{Short description|Rocket engine}} ...[[reduction oxidation|redox]] ([[combustion]]) reaction as in a [[chemical rocket]]. ...

{{Short description|Type of rocket}} ...f><ref>{{cite report |id={{DTIC|AD0611872}} |title=There will be no photon rocket |first1=V. |last1=Smilga }}</ref> ...

...eb|last=Thuloweit |first=Kenji |title=AFRL test marks return to 'in-house' rocket fuel development |url=http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123213934 |work=P ...ment and Evaluation of the USAF Ballistic Test Evaluation System for Solid Rocket Propellants”.<ref> ...

{{Short description|Type of space propulsion using microwaves}} ...MET’s heating feature is like one of an [[Arcjet rocket|arc-jet]] (another propulsion device); however, due to the free-floating plasma, there are no problems wi ...

{{Short description|Hypothetical spacecraft propulsion concept using external force fields momentum for transportation}} ...d|magnetic fields]] from stars and planets. Proposed drives that use field propulsion are often called a [[Reactionless drive|reactionless or propellantless driv ...

== Relevance to spacecraft propulsion == ...the [[Direct Fusion Drive]], a current research project to create a fusion rocket from an RMF-driven FRC fusion reactor. ...

{{Short description|Type of nuclear thermal rocket}} {{distinguish|Nuclear pulse propulsion}} ...

{{Short description|Space propulsion system using plasma}} ...resonance]] plasma thruster, the [[Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket|VASIMR]], and the [[Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster|applied-field magnetoplas ...

...m of all these forces is delivered to the airframe for propulsion.<ref>Jet Propulsion For Aerospace Applications" Second Edition 1964, Pitman Publishing Corp., L ...s given by:<ref name=Cumpsty>{{cite book|author=Nicholas Cumpsty|title=Jet Propulsion|edition=2nd|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2003|isbn=978-0-521-5 ...

...''' refers to the process by which the fuel grain of a [[hybrid-propellant rocket]] is converted from a solid to a gas that is combusted. It encompasses the ...Rockets |url=https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.19226 |journal=Journal of Propulsion and Power |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=737–747 |doi=10.2514/1.19226}}</ref> R ...

...es low-thrust propulsion systems such as [[electrically powered spacecraft propulsion]] and [[solar sail]]. ...peration. Some of the mentionable low-thrust propulsion methods are, ionic propulsion, Hall-effect thruster and solar-sail systems. The electrostatic ion thruste ...

...rocket scientist and engineer who conducted research and development of [[Rocket motor|micro-motors]] for solid propellant rockets<ref name="s94">Byron L. C ...age:Clamp-Type 2C1.5-4 Motor.png|thumb|200px|Redesigned Clamp-Type 2C1.5-4 Rocket Motor used for remote testing]] ...

...by traditional [[chemical rocket]]s. For the first half of the journey the propulsion system would constantly accelerate the [[spacecraft]] toward its destinatio There are two broad approaches to higher specific impulse propulsion: ...

...A. (1995). Effects of vorticity on rocket combustion stability. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 11(4), 607-625.</ref><ref>Liñán Martínez, A., Kurdyumov, V., & S ...

{{Short description|Soviet (now Russian) liquid rocket engine}} {{infobox rocket engine ...

...d}} a suspected near-Earth object identified as a [[Centaur (rocket stage)|rocket booster]] from the [[Surveyor 2]] mission |publisher=[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] ...

...="culick-06">{{cite book|title=Unsteady Motions in Combustion Chambers for Propulsion Systems|year=2006|publisher=NATO Research and Technology Organization|autho ...thermoacoustic instabilities are a major hazard to [[gas turbines]] and [[rocket engines]].<ref name="culick-06" /> Moreover, flame blowoff of an aero-gas- ...

...06&view=1up&seq=6&skin=2021 "What price speed? Specific power required for propulsion of vehicles"], G. Gabrielli and Th. von Kármán, ''Mechanical Engineering'' ...upper limit of 200 over all kinds of vehicles moving through fluid, except rocket-powered vehicles (missiles, space rockets, etc) which can reach over 3000 s ...

...age_caption = Model of planned ''Lanyue'' lunar lander (attached to its propulsion stage) in 2023 | launch_mass = about {{convert|26000|kg|lb|abbr=on}} (with propulsion stage)<ref name=AJ17072023 /> ...

...d}} a suspected near-Earth object identified as a [[Centaur (rocket stage)|rocket booster]] from the 1966 [[Surveyor 2]] mission |publisher=[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] ...