jetpack

[ jet-pak ]

noun

1. a jet-powered backpack used by astronauts to move around in space away from a spacecraft.

Example Sentences

These jetpacks are designed to carry a person over rough terrain, up a building, or somewhere else they could not normally get.

From Popular-Science

It’s as if other tectonic plates were ambling about, then India strapped on a jetpack.

From Quanta Magazine

NASA’s Perseverance rover took this video on February 18 as a jetpack lowered it onto the Red Planet’s surface.

From Science News

It’s that moment, lift-off, that has given jetpacks an enduring appeal for over a century.

From Singularity Hub 

Sometimes you have to fly stunt formations with a plane and another guy in a jetpack to really get your kicks.

From The Daily Beast

And you thought the jetpack that fit in your trunk was convenient.

From The Daily Beast