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Spacecraft - Wikipedia
A spacecraft is a vehicle that is designed to fly and operate in outer space. [1] Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, Earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, planetary exploration, and transportation of humans and cargo.
Spacecraft | Definition, Types, & Facts | Britannica
Spacecraft is a vehicle designed to operate, with or without a crew, in a controlled flight pattern above Earth’s lower atmosphere. Most spacecraft are not self-propelled; they depend on the initial velocity provided by a launch vehicle, which separates from the spacecraft when its task is done.
Spaceships and Rockets - NASA
A spacecraft is a vehicle that flies in space. It can carry astronauts, cargo, or instruments to their destination, or it can be the destination. The International Space Station is a spacecraft, just like the smaller vehicles that deliver crew and cargo to it.
Types of Spacecraft, Trajectories, & Navigation - Britannica
Spacecraft is a general term for objects launched into space—e.g., Earth-orbiting satellites and space probes, experiment capsules, the orbiting modules of some launch vehicles (e.g., the U.S. space shuttle or the Russian Soyuz), and space stations.
Chapter 9: Spacecraft Classification - NASA Science
Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to state the characteristics of various types of robotic spacecraft and be able to identify any of JPL’s past, current, or future spacecraft as belonging to one of eight basic categories.
Spacecraft - National Air and Space Museum
Learn about different types of spacecraft, both crewed and uncrewed, used for space exploration.
Artemis I - NASA
The crew module is the pressurized part of the Orion spacecraft, sometimes referred to as the capsule, where astronauts will live and work on crewed missions to the Moon and back. It can accommodate four crew members for up to 21 days, and contains advanced life support, avionics, and power systems.
Small Spacecraft Technology - NASA
NASA’s Starling mission is advancing the readiness of various technologies for cooperative groups of spacecraft – also known as distributed missions, clusters, or swarms. Starling will demonstrate technologies to enable multipoint science data collection by several small spacecraft flying in swarms.
NASA will swap Dragon spacecraft on the ground to return Butch and Suni ...
Known as Endurance, the spacecraft was next due to fly the private Axiom-4 mission to the space station later this spring.Sources said SpaceX is now working toward a no-earlier-than March 12 ...
Meet NASA’s Orion Spacecraft
On NASA’s Artemis missions, a unique spacecraft will take flight. Orion, NASA’s newest spacecraft built for humans, is developed to be capable of sending astronauts to the Moon and is a key part of eventually sending them on to Mars.
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