Astronautics and Science Fiction. An auxiliary rocket engine on a spacecraft which points in the forward direction so as to provide reverse thrust…
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| 释义 | society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > rocket > [noun] > types of rocket engine (19) retro-rocket1951 Astronautics and Science Fiction. An auxiliary rocket engine on a spacecraft which points in the forward direction so as to provide reverse thrust… sustainer1951 Astronautics. An auxiliary engine that sustains the movement of a rocket or missile after the boosters have burnt out; the stage that contains such… vernier1958 Astronautics. Used attributively and absol. to designate a small auxiliary rocket engine for effecting minor changes in the velocity or attitude… retro-engine1960 = retro-rocket, n. 2. posigrade rocket1961 a small rocket that can be fired briefly to give forward thrust to a spacecraft. retro1961 = retro-rocket, n. 2. thruster1962 Astronautics. A small rocket engine on a spacecraft for providing the thrust needed to alter or correct its flight path or its attitude. strap-on1966 that can be attached by a strap or straps; in Astronautics, applied to a booster rocket mounted on the outside of the main rocket so as to be… Subcategories:— combustion chamber (2) — thrust chamber (1) — deflector (1) — fairing (2) — outer layer designed to ablate (1) — positioning of engines at front (1) — cooling method (1) — type of running (1) — part or volume of fuel tank without fuel (1) |
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