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Rockefeller Plateau
Rockefeller Plateau is the interior ice plateau of Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica, east of the Shirase and Siple coasts, with much of its surface 1,000 to 1,500 meters above sea level.
Rockefeller Republican
Rockefeller Republican: moderate-liberal GOP faction named for Nelson Rockefeller, four-time New York governor and Ford's vice president; activist government, civil rights support, hawkish foreign policy; declined after 1964 Goldwater fight.
Rockefeller University
The Rockefeller University, founded 1901 in New York as the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, was the first US biomedical research institute; renamed a university in 1965, with 26 Nobel Prizes among 256 faculty.
Rocker (subculture)
Rockers, called Ton-up Boys in the 1950s, were a British youth subculture of motorcycle-riding, leather-clad fans of American rock and roll, famous for clashes with the mods.
Rocker-bogie
The rocker-bogie is a springless, passive six-wheel suspension for planetary rovers, patented by Donald Bickler at NASA in 1989 and flown first on Mars Pathfinder's Sojourner in 1997.
Rocket
A rocket is a vehicle or engine that produces thrust by ejecting propellant at high velocity, spanning fireworks, missiles, sounding rockets, and orbital launch vehicles.
Rocket (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Rocket (MCU) is the genetically enhanced raccoon of the Guardians of the Galaxy films, voiced by Bradley Cooper, performed on set by Sean Gunn, and given a full origin story involving the High Evolutionary in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).
Rocket 88
Rocket 88 (1951), by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, actually Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm, recorded at Sam Phillips' Memphis studio, released on Chess 1458; five weeks at No. 1 on the R&B chart and often called the first rock and roll record.
Rocket Arena
Rocket Arena, formerly Gund Arena, Quicken Loans Arena, and Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, is Cleveland's downtown arena, home of the Cavaliers and Monsters, opened 1994, renovated 2019, renamed 2025.
Rocket artillery
Rocket artillery is artillery that delivers explosive warheads by self-propelled rockets rather than gun-launched projectiles, with multi-barrel launchers firing salvos of a dozen or more rockets.
Rocket Boys (web series)
Rocket Boys is a Hindi-language SonyLIV biographical drama series (2022–2023) about Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai, starring Jim Sarbh and Ishwak Singh, directed by Abhay Pannu, two seasons of eight episodes each.
Rocket candy
Rocket candy is a solid rocket propellant made from potassium nitrate and a sugar or sugar alcohol, the standard low-cost propellant of amateur and academic rocket motors.
Rocket Chip
Rocket Chip is an open-source system-on-chip design generator developed at UC Berkeley that emits synthesizable RTL for RISC-V systems, including the in-order Rocket core and the out-of-order BOOM core.
Rocket City Trash Pandas
Rocket City Trash Pandas: Double-A Southern League baseball team in Madison, Alabama, Los Angeles Angels affiliate, relocated Mobile BayBears, plays at Toyota Field, 2026 Southern League champions.
Rocket Companies
Rocket Companies is a Detroit-based fintech holding company founded in 1985 by Dan Gilbert, whose flagship Rocket Mortgage is the nation's largest mortgage originator by loan units.
Rocket engine
A rocket engine is a propulsion device that generates thrust by burning fuel and an oxidizer carried on board, expelling hot exhaust through a nozzle to push the vehicle forward.
Rocket from the Crypt
Rocket from the Crypt is a San Diego punk rock band formed in 1990 by John Reis (Speedo) after Pitchfork, known for adding a sax-and-trumpet horn section to punk, for Scream, Dracula, Scream! and the UK hit On a Rope, and for its 2005 breakup and 2013 reunion.
Rocket Internet
Rocket Internet was a Berlin-based company builder founded in 2007 by the Samwer brothers that created startups by copying proven business models into new markets, listing in Frankfurt in 2014.
Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company founded in New Zealand in 2006 by Peter Beck, headquartered in Long Beach, California, and best known for its Electron small-lift rocket.
Rocket Lab Electron
The Rocket Lab Electron, also known as the Electron rocket, is a small two-stage orbital launch vehicle built by Rocket Lab, first flown in 2017 from New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula.
Rocket Lab HASTE
Rocket Lab HASTE is a suborbital testbed rocket derived from Electron, flying hypersonic technology tests for the US government since its June 2023 debut from Wallops Island, Virginia.
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 is the world's first private orbital launch site, on New Zealand's Māhia Peninsula, opened in 2016 as the dedicated pad for the Electron rocket.
Rocket Lake
Rocket Lake, also known as Intel Rocket Lake, is the codename for Intel's 11th Generation Core S-series desktop processors, launched in March 2021 and the last Intel client family with AVX-512.
Rocket launcher
A rocket launcher is a tube-type weapon, typically fired from the shoulder, that launches rockets or rocket-assisted projectiles carrying explosive warheads against vehicles, fortifications, or personnel.
Rocket League
Rocket League is Psyonix's 2015 car-soccer game, sequel to Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars; 14M downloads in year one, free to play since 2020, RLCS esports, first Unreal Engine 6 game.
Rocket League Sideswipe
Rocket League Sideswipe: free-to-play 2D side-view car soccer by Psyonix (Epic Games) for iOS and Android, launched November 29, 2021; 2-minute 1v1/2v2 matches, seasonal ranks, Rocket Pass, 20M downloads in 40 days.
Rocket mail
Rocket mail, or missile mail, is the transport of letters and parcels by rocket, tried only in experiments, most notably Austria in 1931 and the United States in 1959.
Rocket Man (song)
Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) is a 1972 Elton John and Bernie Taupin song from Honky Château, inspired by a Ray Bradbury story, peaking at UK No. 2 and US No. 6.
Rocket Power
Rocket Power is a Nickelodeon animated series created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó, airing August 16, 1999 to July 30, 2004, with 71 episodes about four extreme-sport-loving kids in fictional Ocean Shores, California.
Rocket propellant
Rocket propellant, also called rocket fuel, is the fuel and oxidizer a rocket carries onboard and burns to produce thrust, in liquid, solid, or hybrid form.