Solid-propellant rocket
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A solid-propellant rocket or solid rocket is a rocket with a rocket engine that uses solid propellants. The earliest rockets were solid-fuel rockets powered by gunpowder. The inception of gunpowder ro
The Space Shuttle was launched with the help of two solid-fuel boosters known as SRBs
A battery of Katyusha rocket launchers fires at German forces during the Battle of Stalingrad, 6 October 1942
An exhaust cloud engulfs Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center as the Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off.
Star (rocket stage)
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The Star is a family of US solid-propellant rocket motors originally developed by Thiokol and used by many space propulsion and launch vehicle stages. They are used almost exclusively as upper stages,
A Star 27H kick motor for IBEX
Star 37E (TE-M-364-4)
Star-48B rocket motor