This current day? What sort of rocket do you mean? If you mean a major rocket launch, no. If you mean over a large period of time, yes rockets are used for launching satellites and space station ships etc.
Both liquid and solid fuel rockets are used for manned flight today.
Rockets are still being used.
Rockets, help us today because they can take us to space which is miles away from Earth. We don't use space shuttles today because they use up all their gas really quickly and it takes a long time to get to space by space shuttles so instead of space shuttles we have rockets that help us today to get to space.
The British began using rockets as weapons in the late 1700's, but they were inaccurate in their aim. The main purpose for the Brit's using rockets was to reduce enemy morale. The Tippoo Sultan of Mysore, India famously used 1000's of rockets in defending Seringapatam (a huge well defended fortress) against the British in 1799. Editor's Note: The rockets were used by the Brits to siege ports. Isaac Newton was the developer of the rockets they used. Another fellow improved the rockets adding the fins so they would spin into the direction they wanted to the rockets to go. This technology is still used today. Rockets are still used for "shock and awe" or to confuse the enemy. We use rockets now primarily to send satellites into outer space.
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To power vehicles, for example, it is used as rocket fuel to power rockets and planes.
In the beginning, the main purpose for rockets was for use in warfare. Today there is 2 main purposes, the first being exploration. The second being warfare.
rockets are used in many diffrent ways now
It is used as oxidant in the rockets.
The earliest form of rockets can be traced back to 13th century China, when Taoist alchemists used black powder to propel projectiles. Rockets were being used by the Mongols and Genghis Khan in their battles in Russia and Eastern Europe by the mid-1240s.
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At various times they all used rockets, however the Katyusha rockets used by the USSR were popular, common and effective.