That's why rockets have to carry tanks of both fuel and oxidizer. The SpaceX Falcon 9's Merlin engines use rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) fuel with liquid oxygen as the oxidizer.

Rockets, unlike airplane jet engines, are designed to operate in space.

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Here’s how it works. Rocket Lab plans to launch a rocket with a flight-proven engine for the first time today (Aug. 23), and you can watch the historic action live.

The decision to use a pair of solid rocket boosters for the Space Shuttle instead of liquid-fuelled engines like the F-1 had been partly technical and partly political.