rocket-powered aircraft
C6076
concept
A rocket-powered aircraft is a type of airplane that uses rocket engines for primary thrust, enabling very high speeds and altitudes over relatively short flight durations.
Aliases (2)
- rocket-powered spaceplane ×2
- experimental crewed spaceplane ×1
Instances (8)
- Bell X-1
- Bell X-2
- North American X-15
- DFS 194
- SpaceShipOne ("experimental crewed spaceplane")
- SpaceShipTwo ("rocket-powered spaceplane")
- VSS Unity ("rocket-powered spaceplane")