Thruster may refer to:

Propulsion devices

A thruster is a propulsive device used by spacecraft and watercraft for station keeping, attitude control, in the reaction control system, or long-duration, low-thrust acceleration. * Reaction engine

Spacecraft thrusters

NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis Thrusters Kennedy Space Center

* Rocket engine, using exothermic chemical reactions of the propellant(s) *

Electrohydrodynamic thruster An ion-propelled aircraft or ionocraft is an aircraft that uses electrohydrodynamics (EHD) to provide lift or thrust in the air without requiring combustion or moving parts. Current designs do not produce sufficient thrust for manned flight or us ...

, using ionized air (only for use in an atmosphere) * Electrostatic ion thruster, using high-voltage electrodes * Ion thruster, using beams of ions accelerated electrically * Hall-effect thruster, a type of ion thruster * Pulsed inductive thruster, a pulsed form of ion thruster *

Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster A magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster (MPDT) is a form of electrically powered spacecraft propulsion which uses the Lorentz force (the force on a charged particle by an electromagnetic field) to generate thrust. It is sometimes referred to as L ...

, electric propulsion using the Lorentz force *

Electrodeless plasma thruster The electrodeless plasma thruster is a spacecraft propulsion engine commercialized under the acronym "E-IMPAcT" for "Electrodeless-Ionization Magnetized Ponderomotive Acceleration Thruster". It was created by Mr. Gregory Emsellem based on technolo ...

, electric propulsion using ponderomotive force *

Pulsed plasma thruster A pulsed plasma thruster (PPT), also known as a plasma jet engine, is a form of electric spacecraft propulsion. PPTs are generally considered the simplest form of electric spacecraft propulsion and were the first form of electric propulsion to be ...

, using current arced across a solid propellant * Plasma thruster

Marine thrusters

* Azimuth thruster, pod underneath a ship, instead of a propeller and rudder * Bow thruster, or

stern thruster Manoeuvering thruster (bow thruster or stern thruster) is a transversal propulsion device built into, or mounted to, either the bow or stern, of a ship or boat to make it more manoeuvrable. Bow thrusters make docking easier, since they allow th ...

, at the bow or the stern of a ship or boat *

Rim-driven thruster The rim-driven thruster, also known as rim-driven propulsor/propeller (or RDP) is a novel type of electric propulsion unit for ships. The concept was proposed by Kort around 1940, but only became commercially practical in the early 21st century ...

, electric motor and propeller combined in single unit * Underwater Thrusters, electric motor or hydraulic motor and propeller combined in single unit to propel the

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AUV An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is a robot that travels underwater without requiring input from an operator. AUVs constitute part of a larger group of undersea systems known as unmanned underwater vehicles, a classification that includes ...

UUV Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV), sometimes known as underwater drones, are submersible vehicles that can operate underwater without a human occupant. These vehicles may be divided into two categories: remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROU ...

Transportation

Thruster (surfing) Simon Anderson (born 7 July 1954) is an Australian competitive surfer, surfboard shaper, and writer. He is credited with the 1980 invention of a three-fin surfboard design, called the "thruster". Early life Anderson grew up in the Northern B ...

is a surfboard fin design * Shkadov thruster, hypothetical megascale reaction for moving a star

Vehicles

Avio Delta Thruster The Avio Delta Thruster is a Bulgarian ultralight trike, designed and produced by Avio Design of Vetrino. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation ...

, a Bulgarian ultralight trike design *

Thruster T600 Sprint The Thruster T600 Sprint is a British ultralight aircraft, designed and produced by Thruster Air Services of Langworth, Lincolnshire and introduced in the mid-1990s. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; ...

, a British ultralight aircraft

Others

* Hurrying, also called 'coal thrusting', a 19th-century profession *

Big Mother Thruster Mercy Drive is an American hard rock band originally based out of Central Florida, best known for writing and performing entrance themes for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestlers, most notably Maven Huffman ("Tattoo") and Randy Orton ("Bu ...