Rocket propellant

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Rocket propellant is used as a reaction mass ejected from a rocket engine to produce thrust. The energy required can either come from the propellants themselves, as with a chemical rocket, or from an external source, as with ion engines or nuclear engines.

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Image: U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nika Glover, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.