Retrorocket

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What Wikipedia says

A retrorocket (short for retrograde rocket) is a rocket engine providing thrust opposing the motion of a vehicle, thereby causing it to decelerate. They have mostly been used in spacecraft, with more limited use in short-runway aircraft landing.

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Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.