Spacecraft — Spaceship redirects here. For other uses, see Spaceship (disambiguation). More than 100 Russian Soyuz manned spacecraft (TMA version shown) have flown since 1967, originally for a Soviet manned lunar program, but currently supporting the… … Wikipedia
Expendable launch system — An expendable launch system is a launch system that uses an expendable launch vehicle (ELV) to carry a payload into space. The vehicles used in expendable launch systems are designed to be used only once (i.e. they are expended during a single… … Wikipedia
Spacecraft propulsion — A remote camera captures a close up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial… … Wikipedia
Dawn (spacecraft) — Dawn Artist s concept of Dawn with Vesta (left) Ceres (right) (the proximity of Vesta to Ceres is not to scale.) Operator NASA Major contractors Orbital Sciences, JPL, UCLA … Wikipedia
Orion (spacecraft) — Infobox Spacecraft Name = Orion Caption = Orion logo designed by Michael Okuda Organization = NASA Major Contractors = Lockheed Martin Bus = Mission Type = Crew Exploration Vehicle Flyby Of = Satellite Of = Earth, Moon, Asteroid, Mars (possibly)… … Wikipedia
Robotic spacecraft — An artist s interpretation of the MESSENGER spacecraft at Mercury A robotic spacecraft is a spacecraft with no humans on board, that is usually under telerobotic control. A robotic spacecraft designed to make scientific research measurements is… … Wikipedia
Soyuz spacecraft — Soyuz (Russian: Союз , pronounced|saˈjus); English: Union) is a series of spacecraft designed for the Soviet space program by the Korolyov Design Bureau. The Soyuz succeeded the Voskhod spacecraft and was originally built as part of the Soviet… … Wikipedia
Progress spacecraft — The Progress is a Russian expendable freighter spacecraft. The spacecraft is an unmanned resupply spacecraft during its flight but upon docking with a space station it allows astronauts inside, hence it is classified manned by the manufacturer. [ … Wikipedia
MAVEN (spacecraft) — Infobox Spacecraft Name = Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) Caption = Artist s Concept of MAVEN. Credit: NASA. Organization = NASA Major Contractors = Lockheed Martin Space Systems, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of… … Wikipedia
Richard H. Truly — Richard Harrison Truly USN/NASA Astronaut Nationality American Status … Wikipedia
launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space. [1955 1960] * * * Rocket system that boosts a spacecraft into Earth orbit or beyond Earth s gravitational pull. A wide variety of launch vehicles … Universalium