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rocket
- Sinônimos - Inglês
- direct reaction engine
- Definição1
- A flight vehicle propelled by expanding gases produced when the fuel combines with oxygen carried in the vehicle. Rocket engines can use either liquid or solid fuel, and they are not dependent upon oxygen in the atmosphere. Rockets are used to launch orbiting satellites.
- Fonte1
- CRANE, Dale (ed.). Dictionary of aeronautical terms. 2nd ed. Renton: ASA, 1991.
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Manual of aircraft accident and incident investigation. Part I: organization and planning. 2nd ed. Montreal, 2014. (Doc. 9756)
- Contexto
- Recent safety equipment. Other safety equipment is being introduced into civil aircraft, for example, rocket-deployed emergency parachute systems and airbag restraint systems are being installed across a range of aircraft.
- Subárea
- Search and Rescue
- Français
- fusée
- Imagem
Saturn V is the biggest rocket to have successfully flown.
