known as Smarties in the U.S. Rocket firework disambiguation da Rocket de Rocket eo Raketo fa ...wiktionary rocket 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 A rocket engine Rocket weapon , an unguided, powered weapon tocright Media Rocket comics , a DC Comics character The Rocket film The Rocket film , a movie about the life of ice hockey s Maurice Richard Rocket Robot on Wheels , a 1999 video game by Sucker Punch Productions MP3 Rocket , a peer to peer based file sharing P2P client for the Java Platform The Rocket Slippery Rock The Rocket Slippery Rock , a weekly newspaper published by the students of Slippery Rock University The Rocket newspaper The Rocket newspaper , a defunct weekly newspaper in Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon Rocket Buscap , the protagonist and narrator in the Brazilian film City of God Rocket , the code name of the game engine for Age of Empires III The Rocket short story , a 1950 science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury Music Rocket Records , a record label Rocket band , an American all girl pop punk ... , a dance company Rockit Hong Kong Music Festival Rocket album Rocket album , a 1996 album by the band Primitive Radio Gods Rocket Def Leppard song Rocket Def Leppard song , 1987 Rocket The Smashing Pumpkins song Rocket The Smashing Pumpkins song , 1993 Rocket Goldfrapp song Rocket Goldfrapp song , 2010 Rocket El Presidente song Rocket El Presidente song Rockit , a 1983 Herbie Hancock song The Rockets ... by Tony Crombie People Charles Rocket 1949 2005 , American film and television actor Nicknames Matt Bonner born 1980 , basketball player, a.k.a. the Red Rocket Pavel Bure born 1971 , ice hockey player, a.k.a. the Russian Rocket Roger Clemens born 1962 , baseball pitcher Owen Hart 1965 1999 , professional ... band Poison Maurice Richard 1921 2000 , former ice hockey player whose nickname was the Rocket Henri ... more details
A bottle rocket is a very small skyrocket. Bottle rocket or bottle rockets may also refer to Bottle Rocket , a 1996 film Bottle Rocket soundtrack Bottle Rocket soundtrack , the soundtrack to that film Bottle Rocket album Bottle Rocket album , a Guardian album Bottle rocket model , a type of model rocket using water as its reaction mass Bottle Rocket single Bottle Rocket single , a 2005 single by The Go Team The Bottle Rockets , an alt country music group bottle rockets magazine bottle rockets magazine , a poetry journal lower case is not a typo Bottlerocket Entertainment , a video game developer Bottle Rocket company , a now defunct developer of Web based casual games and advergames from 1996 until 2000 disambig ... more details
A rocket launcher is a device used to launch a rocket. It may also refer to Rocket launcher jump , a movement technique used in first person shooter video games Professional wrestling double team maneuvers Rocket Launcher Rocket Launcher , a maneuver in professional wresting disambig ... more details
Infobox television show name On the Rocket image genre Transit News in Toronto starring Adam Giambrone country Canada language English language English location Toronto cinematography network CablePulse 24 picture format audio format first aired November 5th, 2009 last aired preceded by followed by related website http www.cp24.com servlet HTMLTemplate?tf ctvlocal hub hub.html&cf ctvlocal cp24.cfg&hub CP24Ontherocket production website Deleted image removed File 320 CP24 giambrone 091102.jpg 200px right thumb On The Rocket open titles taken from CP24 s website On The Rocket is a monthly television talk show that is aired on Cable Pulse 24 CP24 in Toronto , Canada . It broadcasts live on a chartered Toronto streetcar system TTC streetcar . The program was first hosted by Toronto Transit Commission TTC chair and Toronto City Councillor Adam Giambrone . During the January 21, 2010 broadcast Giambrone revealed that he would no longer be the host due to the upcoming municipal election. At the time of that broadcast a new host had not been named, and the future of the program is unknown. In March 2010, Giambrone remained the host of On The Rocket and it continues to air on CP24. The route the streetcar takes varies and viewers are invited to get on and off for a free ride and to participate in the live broadcast. The streetcar departs from the McCaul loop on McCaul Street, north of Queen Street near CP24 s headquarters at 299 Queen Street West at 8 p.m. EST on the night of the broadcast. The program first aired on November 5, 2009. External links http www.ctvmedia.ca cp24 releases release.asp?id 11778&yyyy 2009 CP24 Launches Innovative New Show ON THE ROCKET hosted by TTC Chair Adam Giambrone Thursday, November 5 at 8 p.m. CTVglobemedia press release http www.cp24.com servlet an local CTVNews 20091102 091102 ontherocket 20091102 ?hub CP24Home CP24 launches On The Rocket broadcast ... cp24.cfg&hub CP24Ontherocket On The Rocket With CP24.com Category Canadian television talk shows ... more details
About vehicles powered by rocket engines Image Soyuz rocket ASTP.jpg thumb upright A Soyuz U , at Baikonur s Gagarin s Start Site 1 5 in Kazakhstan A rocket is a missile , spacecraft , aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engine . In all rockets, the exhaust is formed entirely from propellant s carried within the rocket before use. ref name RPE7 harvnb Sutton 2001 chapter 1 ref Rocket engines work by Reaction physics action and reaction . Rocket engines push rockets forwards ... rocket s are the most common type of rocket and they typically create their exhaust by the combustion of rocket propellant . Chemical rockets store a large amount of energy in an easily released ... risks. History of rockets Main History of rockets See also Timeline of rocket and missile technology ... Chinese rocket. The availability of black powder gunpowder to propel projectiles was a precursor to the development of the first solid rocket. Ninth century Chinese people Chinese Taoist alchemy alchemists ... to experiments as weapons such as bomb s, cannon , incendiary fire arrow s and rocket propelled fire ... recorded use of a rocket in battle was by the Chinese in 1232 against the Mongol hordes at Kaifeng ... named Tang Fu invented a rocket of a new kind having an iron head. ref name Martin There were reports ..., one of the earliest devices recorded that used internal combustion rocket propulsion, was the ground ... known multistage rocket , the fire dragon issuing from the water huo long chu shui , used mostly by the Chinese navy. ref Harvnb Needham 1986 p 510 ref Spread of rocket technology File Chichibu ... Chichibu city , Saitama Prefecture Saitama , Japan Rocket technology first became known to Europe ... for the Mongol military. Reports of the Battle of Mohi in the year 1241 describe the use of rocket ... history rocket history.txt title A brief history of rocketry work NASA Spacelink accessdate 2006 08 19 ref Rocket technology also spread to Korea , with the 15th century wheeled hwacha that would ... more details
Rocket frog is a common name for many species of frog, it may refer to Litoria dorsalis , Dwarf Rocket Frog Litoria inermis , Bumpy Rocket Frog Litoria freycineti , Wallum Rocket Frog Litoria longirostris , Scrub Rocket Frog Litoria nasuta , Striped Rocket Frog Litoria watjulumensis , Giant or Large rocketfrog Colostethus flotator , Rainforest Rocket Frog Colostethus nubicola , Boquete Rocket Frog Colostethus panamensis , Common Rocket Frog Rocket frog may also refer to FROG rockets, a term for FROG 7 See also Orbiting Frog Otolith Animals in space Grass frog disambiguation Green frog disambiguation Torrent frog disambiguation Tree frog dab Category Frogs ... more details
Conceptdab Wikt Moon rocket may refer to Current Past Manned moon rockets man rated moon rockets Saturn V the Apollo program launcher for the manned moon landings N1 rocket Sergei Korolev s failed launcher for the Soviet manned moon program Future Planned Manned moon rockets man rated moon rockets Space Launch System Long March rocket family Chinese Moon rocket able to launch a 50 tons payload in LTO ref cite web url http www.cnsa.gov.cn n615708 n984628 n984631 72231.html title publisher date July 25, 2006 accessdate May 9, 2008 ref Disambiguation ... more details
unreferenced date December 2008 dablink This article is about the American rocket. For the Argentine rocket see Orion 1 for the spacecraft, see Orion Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle . For other uses, see Orion disambiguation Orion is the designation of a small American elevator research rocket . The Orion has a length of 5.60 meters, a diameter of 0.35 m, a launch weight of 400 kg, a launch thrust of 7 kN and a ceiling of 85 kilometers. The Orion, built by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center s Wallops Flight Facility , is also used as an upper stage of sounding rockets, usually paired with a Terrier as the first stage. Category Experimental rockets rocket stub bg de Orion US Rakete ja ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Other uses Molniya disambiguation Molniya 8K78 was a modification of the well known R 7 Semyorka rocket and had four stages. Molniya is Russian for Lightning . This derivative of the original three stage Vostok rocket was especially designed to bring high flying satellites into orbit or to launch probes to other planets. The first launch of this rocket was on October 10 in 1960 from Baikonur Cosmodrome . It was used in the 1960s to launch the majority of Soviet space probes to Moon, Mars and Venus. In the mid 1960s, it was superseded by the modernised Molniya M . Associated Spacecraft Astron spacecraft Astron , Granat , Luna Ye 8 5M , Vega 5VK, Venera 4V 1 , Venera 4V 2 . See also Molniya M Soyuz launch vehicle Voskhod rocket Russian launch vehicles Expendable launch systems R 7 rockets DEFAULTSORT Molniya Rocket Category 1960 in spaceflight Category 1961 in spaceflight Category 1962 in spaceflight Category 1963 in spaceflight Category 1973 in spaceflight Category Space launch vehicles of the Soviet Union Category R 7 rocket family bg cs Molnija nosn raketa de Molnija Rakete es M lniya 8K78 fr Molnya it Molnija lanciatore hu 8K78 Molnyija ja ru fi Molnija raketti sv Molnija uk zh ... more details
Rocket to the Moon may refer to Rocket to the Moon play Rocket to the Moon play , 1938 play by Clifford Odets Jules Verne s Rocket to the Moon , 1967 British science fiction film Rocket to the Moon ride , ride at Disneyland A Rocket to the Moon , an American rock band from Braintree, Massachusetts Rocket to the Moon 1955 film Rocket to the Moon 1955 film , a List of Disney live action shorts 1950s Disney live action short disambig fr Rocket to the Moon ... more details
In terms of rocketry, Ares could mean Three Shuttle Derived Launch Vehicle s under development for NASA s Project Constellation program The Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle CLV , designed to launch the Orion Constellation program Orion spacecraft . The Ares IV launch vehicle Ares IV launch vehicle, a proposed dual use launcher for either the CLV or Lunar Surface Access Module LSAM . The Ares V Cargo Launch Vehicle CaLV , primarily intended to launch the Lunar Surface Access Module. The Ares ICBM , a proposed ICBM and SSTO launch vehicle. Aerial Regional scale Environmental Survey ARES a proposed martian rocket airplane. Aries rocket Aries , a modified LGM 30 Minuteman Minuteman missile, used to test missile defense systems. See also Ares disambiguation SIA hu Ares hordoz rak ta zh ... more details
The Redstone Rocket may refer to Redstone rocket The Redstone Rocket, a military newspaper serving Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama . A nickname for Jeff Locke Disambig ... more details
wiktionary rocket science Rocket science is a colloquial term for aerospace engineering and related fields. Rocket science may also refer to Rocket Science Games , a video game development company Rocket Science VFX , a Canadian visual effects production company Rocket Science miniseries Rocket Science miniseries , a 2002 documentary series Rocket Science film Rocket Science film , a 2007 comedy drama film Rocket Science TV series , a 2009 BBC television series Rocket Science Productions , a multimedia production company Rocket science in finance , a professional activity In music Rocket Science band , an Australian alternative rock band Rocket Science Apoptygma Berzerk album Rocket Science Apoptygma Berzerk album Rocket Science Hugh Blumenfeld album Rocket Science Hugh Blumenfeld album , by folk artist Hugh Blumenfeld Rocket Science Tribal Tech album Rocket Science Tribal Tech album , by the jazz fusion band Tribal Tech Rocket Science B la Fleck and the Flecktones album Rocket Science B la Fleck and the Flecktones album , a 2011 album by B la Fleck and the Flecktones disambig ... more details
For GX disambiguation Galaxy Express disambiguation Galaxy Express Infobox rocket name Galaxy Express GX function Medium expendable Launch vehicle manufacturer Galaxy Express Corporation Galaxy Express JAXA United Launch Alliance ULA IHI Corporation IHI country origin Japan United States height 48m diameter 3.3m mass 190,500 Kilogram kg alt mass 210 ton s stages 2 LEO payload 3,600kg alt LEO 4 tons payload location 800km Sun synchronous orbit SSO payload 1,814kg alt payload 2 tons status Cancelled 2010 sites Vandenberg Air Force Base Vandenberg Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 3 SLC 3E stage1name Common Core Booster Atlas CCB stage1engines 1 RD 180 stage1thrust 4,152 newton unit kN alt stage1thrust 933,406 pound force lb sub f sub stage1time 253 seconds stage1SI 311 sec stage1fuel RP 1 Liquid oxygen LOX stage2name GX stage2engines 1 liquid stage2thrust 118 Newton force kN stage2time 480 seconds stage2SI 323 sec stage2fuel Liquefied natural gas LNG Liquid oxygen LOX GX was a design for an expendable ... e.html title Galaxy Express Company Profile publisher GALEX ref The GX design uses a two stage rocket ... of the Atlas V rocket, which would have been provided by United Launch Alliance. ref name ULA Card ... GX rocket venture after govt pullout publisher iStock Analyst date 2010 01 16 accessdate 2010 01 31 ... The GX program began as an effort to upgrade Japan s J I rocket, which launched only once. Thus ... cite web url http www.spacenews.com civil 091120 japan rocket targeted for cancellation.html title Japan s GX Rocket Targeted For Cancellation in 2010 date 2009 11 20 publisher Space News ref In December ... article viewiStockNews articleid 3716870 title Japan scraps GX rocket development project ... www.yomiuri.co.jp dy features science 20071224TDY01301.htm Further delay for GX rocket govt mulls bigger ... Expendable launch systems RD 170 rocket engine family DEFAULTSORT Gx Rocket Category Space launch vehicles of Japan Category Atlas rocket family fr GX fus e he GX ko GX ja GX ... more details
For other meanings see Red Rocketdisambiguation . Superherobox Wikipedia WikiProject Comics image Gavril.jpg caption Gavril Ivanovich, the current Rocket Red. Art by Aaron Lopresti . imagesize numeral only, defaults to 250 converted y character name Rocket Red publisher DC Comics debut br Pushkin br ... homeworld optional alliances Justice League br Rocket Red Brigade aliases Rocket Red 4 supports optional powers Super strength, flight, invulnerability, energy blasts, mecha empathy Rocket Red is a fictional ... Universe canon fiction canon appearance was in Green Lantern Corps No. 208 January 1987 . The term Rocket Reds refers to any member of the Rocket Red Brigade the name in the singular is used to refer to the three individual characters named Rocket Red who were members of the Justice League . These comprise the original Rocket Red, No. 7, later revealed as an android, Dmitri Pushkin and Gavril Ivanovich ... second armor. Art by Ty Templeton . Dmitri Pushkin Rocket Red No. 4 became a member of the Justice League JLI after the previously assigned Rocket Red No. 7 was revealed to be a Manhunter comics Manhunter ... series, Rocket Red s grandfather Dr. Sergei Pushkin was a Russian scientist working with the U.S. .... Because he was a valuable source, the U.S. placed him under house arrest where he worked on the Rocket ... work completed, and it was up to his son, Dimitri, to finish the suit. The legacy of the Rocket Reds was secure until 1962. ref Booster Gold vol. 2 20 July 2009 ref In Blackest Night No. 3, Rocket Red was reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps Black Lanterns and is shown attacking the Rocket ... Justice League Generation Lost introduced a new Rocket Red named Gavril Ivanovich. In the title, several ... Maxwell Lord , encounter a fight among a group of Rocket Reds, whose infighting was triggered by renegade Rocket Red Gavril Ivanovich , who remains loyal to the old Communist cause and is resistant to the capitalist values of the modern Rocket Red brigade. He also sports a bulkier, outdated suit ... more details
USS Rocket is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy USS Rocket 1862 was a wooden harbor tug J. P. Billard, was purchased for the Navy 12 October 1863. USS Rocket YT 22 was a steel hulled tug, built in 1899 . USS Rocket AMc 101 was a coastal minesweeper, was laid down 6 September 1941. Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Rocket Category United States Navy ship names pl USS Rocket ... more details
About the 1996 film the actual small skyrocket Bottle rocket other uses bottle rocketdisambiguation Infobox film name Bottle Rocket image Bottle Rocket.jpg image size 215px alt caption Theatrical release poster director Wes Anderson producer Polly Platt br Cynthia Hargrave br Ray Zimmerman br James ... budget 7 million gross US 1,040,879 ref name Mojo cite web title Bottle Rocket publisher Box Office ... Rocket is a 1996 comedy film directed by Wes Anderson . It was co written by Anderson and Owen Wilson . As well as being Wes Anderson s Film director directorial debut, Bottle Rocket was the debut feature ... from critics. Director Martin Scorsese later named Bottle Rocket one of his top ten favorite movies ... host , Roger Ebert host airdate 2000 02 26 season 1 number 26 ref Bottle Rocket is also the name of a short ... bottle rocket Bottle Rocket ref Home media On November 25, 2008, Bottle Rocket was released ... 2007 09 28 bottle rocket will go criterion title Bottle Rocket Will Go Criterion work ... feature is the original short film the movie is based on. See also Portalbox Film Bottle Rocket soundtrack References Reflist 2 External links Wikiquote Bottle Rocket imdb title 0115734 Bottle Rocket 1996 imdb title 0109322 Bottle Rocket 1994 Amg movie 135848 Bottle Rocket mojo title bottlerocket Bottle Rocket rotten tomatoes bottle rocket Bottle Rocket metacritic film bottle rocket Bottle Rocket Screenplay by Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson http www.dailyscript.com scripts bottlerocket.html http www.silverscreensites.com Photos of Bottle Rocket Movie Locations As They Appear Today Footer Movies Wes Anderson DEFAULTSORT Bottle Rocket Category 1994 films Category 1996 films Category 1990s ... Gracie Films productions Category Columbia Pictures films da Bottle Rocket de Durchgeknallt 1996 fr Bottle Rocket it Un colpo da dilettanti nl Bottle Rocket ja pl Trzech facet w z Teksasu pt Bottle Rocket sv Bottle Rocket ... more details
Red Rocket may refer to Red Rocket 7 , a comic book series Solent Blue Line , a bus services in the Eastleigh area Matt Bonner , basketball player G series Toronto subway car , nicknamed Red Rocket , used by the Toronto Transit Commission Red rocket , a reference to Proper Condom Use , an episode of the television series South Park Red Rocket poem , a poem by the Slovene constructivist author Sre ko Kosovel Rocket Red , a comic book character Red Rocket , a digital video decoder board featuring board Quad DVI and Dual Link HD SDI, made by the Red Digital Cinema Camera Company Red Rocket , a poem by Sre ko Kosovel Rocket Red , a shade of red that is used by the Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes F1 team in their racing livery and merchandise. disambig ... more details
Rocket Man , Rocketman , or RocketMan may refer to Music Rocket Man song Rocket Man song , a 1972 song by Elton John Rocket Man The Definitive Hits , a 2007 album by Elton John The Rocket Man , a song by The Spotnicks Works of fiction The Rocket Man a 1954 film RocketMan , a 1997 science fiction comedy film Rocket Man Law & Order Criminal Intent Rocket Man Law & Order Criminal Intent , an episode of Law & Order Criminal Intent Rocket Man TV series Rocket Man TV series , a 2005 UK drama series starring Robson Green Rocket Man manga Rocket Man manga , a detective fiction manga by Motohiro Katou Rocketman , a chapter of the manga series One Piece The Rocket Man , a short story by Ray Bradbury, collected in his book The Illustrated Man People with the nickname Josevata Rokocoko , New Zealand rugby union player Yves Rossy , Swiss aviator and inventor of a fixed wing jet pack Other Rocket Man horse , Singapore s horse See also King of the Rocket Men disambig ja ... more details
A mail rocket is a type of rocket used for transporting mail . Especially around 1930 there were several experiments with mail rockets. Nevertheless, there was no regular operational use. Gerhard Zucker main Rocket mail Pioneers One experiment by German rocket scientist Gerhard Zucker between the islands of Harris, Outer Hebrides Harris and Scarp, Scotland Scarp in the Outer Hebrides and was the basis of the 2001 film The Rocket Post Film . ref cite web url http www.filmhebrides.com folio rocket title The Rocket Post 2001 publisher Film Hebrides accessdate 10 October 2009 Dead link date September 2010 bot H3llBot ref Footnotes Reflist Rocket stub Category Experimental rockets de Postrakete ... more details
Golden Rocket may refer to The Golden Rocket song The Golden Rocket song , a Hank Snow song popular in 1951 Golden Rocket train Golden Rocket train , a proposed named passenger train of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Rock Island CRIP and Southern Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific SP railroads The 1956 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket concept car, presented at the 1957 Paris Auto Show La Banda del Golden Rocket , a 1991 television series USS Zelima AF 49 , a ship called Golden Rocket during ordering disambig ... more details
File Xcor ezrocket N132EZ 020627 02.jpg thumb right EZ rocket is a rocket glider A rocket glider , also known as rocket propelled glider , is a glider aircraft glider aircraft that is powered by rocket power that glides to an unpowered landing. A boost glider is similar in that it takes off on rocket power but then jettisons the rocket parts. ref http www.esteseducator.com Pdf files 2266.pdf Web site of Estes Industries Accessed 30 January 2009 ref A small number of manned aircraft can be classified in this way such as Opel RAK.1 , Messerschmitt Me 163 , several American experimental aircraft, SpaceShipOne , EZ rocket , the Space Shuttle and the Russian Buran Buran spacecraft . Some launches behind tugs of Messerschmitt Me 321 s were rocket assisted. ref http www.century of flight.net Aviation 20history photo albums timeline ww2 Messerschmitt 20Gigant.htm Messerschmidt Me321 description ref Cancelled aircraft of this general type include Silbervogel and the X 20 Dynasoar . References reflist aviation stub Category Aeronautics Category Glider aircraft Glider aircraft Category Rocket powered aircraft ... more details
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rocket . Another was planned but never completed HMS Rocket 1804 6 was a 4 gun fireship , previously the civilian Busy . She was purchased in 1804 and sold in 1807. HMS Rocket 1842 6 was an iron paddle tender launched in 1842 and broken up in 1850. HMS Rocket 1855 6 was a mortar vessel launched in 1855. She was renamed MV20 later that year and was broken up in 1865. HMS Rocket 1856 6 was an Albacore class gunboat Albacore class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1864. HMS Rocket 1868 6 was a Beacon class gunvessel Beacon class composite screw gunvessel launched in 1868 and sold in 1888. HMS Rocket 1894 6 was a Rocket class destroyer Rocket class destroyer launched in 1894 and sold in 1912. HMS Lucifer 1913 HMS Rocket was to have been a Laforey class destroyer 1913 Laforey class destroyer. She was renamed HMS Lucifer 1913 6 before being launched in 1913. HMS Rocket 1916 6 was an R class destroyer 1916 R class destroyer launched in 1916 and sold in 1926. HMS Rocket H92 6 was a later Q and R class destroyer R class destroyer launched in 1942, converted to a Type 15 frigate Type 15 frigate between 1949 and 1951 and scrapped in 1967. Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Rocket, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names ... more details
for more uses of the word Skylark Skylark disambiguation Use dmy dates date May 2011 Use British English date May 2011 No footnotes date April 2009 Deleted image removed Image Skylark rocket.jpg thumb 100px The Skylark sounding rocket Image Skylark launch.jpg thumb 200px The final launch of the Skylark at Esrange , Sweden on 2 May 2005 Skylark was a British sounding rocket design. The Skylark was first launched in 1957 from Woomera, South Australia Woomera , Australia and its 441st and final launch took place from Esrange , Sweden on 2 May 2005. Launches had been carried out from sites in Europe, Australia, and South America, with use far beyond the UK by NASA , the European Space Research Organisation ESRO , and German Aerospace Center German and Swedish Space Corporation Swedish space organizations. ref name Godwin cite book author Matthew Godwin title The Skylark Rocket British Space Science and the European Space Research Organisation, 1957 1972 publisher Beauchesne Editeur location Paris month Jan year 2008 ref The design first dates to 1955, when initial work was carried out by the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough Airfield Farnborough and the Rocket Propulsion Establishment at Westcott. The first vehicles were ready less than two years later, and sent for testing to Woomera during the International Geophysical Year . During the 1960s Skylark evolved into an excellent platform for space astronomy, with its ability to point at the Sun , Moon , or a star. It was used ... private company, Sounding Rocket Services, based in Bristol . The basic Skylark is convert ... , England. See also Skylark launch tower Black Arrow Black Knight rocket Black Knight Blue Streak ... rocket makes its final flight http www.sat net.com serra skylar e.htm Skylark sounding rockets http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi sci tech 4504623.stm BBC News article on final launch Rocket families Category 1957 ... rocket stub de Skylark Rakete es Skylark cohete pt Foguete Skylark th ... more details
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