1998 song by The Jesus and Mary Chain as a B-side to the single "Cracking Up" "Rocket", a 2011 song by The Wanted from their album Battleground "Rocket", a 2013 song by A Friend in London from their album Unite "Rockets", a 1981 song by Joe Walsh from his album There Goes the Neighborhood "Rockets", a 2008 song by Simple Minds from their album Graffiti Soul People Rocket (nickname) Owen Hart (1965–1999), Canadian professional wrestler with the ring name "The Rocket" Charles Rocket (1949–2005), stage name of American actor Charles Adams Claverie Rockets Redglare (1949–2001), stage name of American actor Michael Morra Evan Dollard (born 1982), stage name from the 2008 American Gladiators TV series Maurice Richard (1921–2000), Canadian professional ice hockey player nicknamed "Rocket" Characters Rocky the Flying Squirrel (Rocket J. Squirrel), a main character in the American animated television series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show Rocket (DC Comics), a DC Comics character Rocket Raccoon, a fictional character, of Marvel Comics Rocket (Marvel Cinematic Universe), the Marvel Cinematic Universe adaptation of Rocket Raccoon Rocket Red, the first of several characters in DC Comics Team Rocket, a fictional villainous Pokémon team Plants Rocket (plant) (Eruca sativa), a leafy vegetable Diplotaxis tenuifolia (wild rocket), a leafy vegetable cultivated for its spicy flavoured leaves Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket), a wildflower Reseda luteola (dyer's rocket), a plant that makes a yellow dye Sisymbrium irio (London rocket), a herbal plant in the family Brassicaceae Blue rocket, another name for aconitum Sports teams Air Transport Command Rockets, a World War II football team from the Air Transport Command Bayi Rockets, a team in the Chinese Basketball Association Chicago Rockets, a team in the All-America Football Conference from 1946 to 1949 Dundee Rockets, a defunct ice hockey club that was based in Dundee, Scotland Houston Rockets, a National Basketball Association team Jacksonville Rockets, an Eastern Hockey League team from 1964 to 1972 Kelowna Rockets, a Canadian Western Hockey League team Montreal Rocket, a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team from 1999 to 2003 Oettinger Rockets, a German basketball team P.E.I. Rocket, a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team Philadelphia Rockets, an American Hockey League team of the 1940s Reading Rockets, a team in the English Basketball League Rye House Rockets, an English speedway team Strathroy Rockets, a Canadian Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League team based in Strathroy, Ontario Tacoma Rockets, a junior ice hockey team in