rocketeer
noun
rock·e·teer
ˌrä-kə-ˈtir 
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Again, this isn't a conventional model rocket so experienced rocketeers might scoff at it.
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Ian Stokes, Space.com, 23 May 2025
The Ukrainian rocketeers may have defeated that one Russian assault.
—David Axe, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
In the December 1929 issue, Popular Mechanics covered the pioneering work of the rocketeer Robert H. Goddard.
—John Brady, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2021
Despite the help of Nazi rocketeer Wernher Von Braun (played by Sacha Seberg), there are plenty of problems with the Atlas rocket.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 7 Oct. 2020
In 1923, German rocketeer Hermann Oberth first proposed sending telescopes into space to surpass the blur.
—Popular Mechanics, 30 July 2020
The rocketeer hoped to reach the Kármán line, the point at which Earth's atmosphere and outer space meet, about 62,000 feet above the surface of the globe.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 24 Feb. 2020
Among his subjects are people participating in Mars simulations, those who are enthralled with the search for intelligent alien civilizations, and amateur rocketeers.
—Robert Ormerod, National Geographic, 9 Apr. 2018
These days any rocketeer wishing to get staggeringly pie-eyed and maybe moon the Moon will have to hitch a ride with another space agency altogether.
—David Arky, Smithsonian, 20 Mar. 2018
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Ian Stokes, Space.com, 23 May 2025
The Ukrainian rocketeers may have defeated that one Russian assault.
—David Axe, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
In the December 1929 issue, Popular Mechanics covered the pioneering work of the rocketeer Robert H. Goddard.
—John Brady, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2021
Despite the help of Nazi rocketeer Wernher Von Braun (played by Sacha Seberg), there are plenty of problems with the Atlas rocket.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 7 Oct. 2020
In 1923, German rocketeer Hermann Oberth first proposed sending telescopes into space to surpass the blur.
—Popular Mechanics, 30 July 2020
The rocketeer hoped to reach the Kármán line, the point at which Earth's atmosphere and outer space meet, about 62,000 feet above the surface of the globe.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 24 Feb. 2020
Among his subjects are people participating in Mars simulations, those who are enthralled with the search for intelligent alien civilizations, and amateur rocketeers.
—Robert Ormerod, National Geographic, 9 Apr. 2018
These days any rocketeer wishing to get staggeringly pie-eyed and maybe moon the Moon will have to hitch a ride with another space agency altogether.
—David Arky, Smithsonian, 20 Mar. 2018
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“Rocketeer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rocketeer. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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