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- In human spaceflight, a life support system is a group of devices that allow a human to survive in outer space. Such a system normally supplies ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 01:14, 26 October 2022
- An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. ...15 KB (2,112 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- A spacecraft is a craft or machine designed for spaceflight. Although it is, by definition, designed to travel into space, it may or may not ...18 KB (2,454 words) - 19:05, 7 February 2023
- of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight. Retrieved December 14, 2008. of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight. Retrieved December 14, 2008. ...9 KB (1,372 words) - 07:44, 24 January 2023
- in Space: Medical Problems of Manned Spaceflight. (London, UK: Routledge ... To perform an orbital spaceflight, a spacecraft must travel faster ...19 KB (2,762 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- science, and technology of aviation and spaceflight, as well as planetary ... the national development of aviation and spaceflight, and will educate and ...18 KB (2,632 words) - 01:35, 11 November 2022
- {{cite web |url=http://spaceflight.esa.int/users/index.cfm?act=default ... |work=ESA Human Spaceflight web site}} {{cite web |url=http://www.spaceflight ...15 KB (2,264 words) - 23:27, 3 May 2023
- The first human spaceflight was Vostok 1 (Sunrise 1) , carrying 27 ... architect behind the the first human spaceflight (Vostok 1), alongside ...20 KB (2,963 words) - 19:03, 7 February 2023
- Space tourism (or spaceflight) is the recent phenomenon of tourists paying for flights into space. As of 2008, orbital space tourism opportunities ...31 KB (4,415 words) - 16:01, 27 November 2023
- Without pyrotechnics, modern aviation and spaceflight would be impracticable; this is because pyrotechnic devices combine high reliability with very ...6 KB (877 words) - 03:53, 7 December 2022
- Wege zur Raumschiffahrt (Ways to Spaceflight), which was an expansion ... *Ways to Spaceflight (1929) *Primer for Those Who Would Govern (1987 ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 10:20, 22 January 2024
- Gus Grissom in reference to his previous spaceflight on Liberty Bell 7 which ended with the Mercury spacecraft sinking during recovery in the ...10 KB (1,600 words) - 03:54, 6 November 2022
- Earth's atmosphere, as in the case of spaceflight. When flying through the air, heavier-than-air craft depend primarily on lift that is generated ...11 KB (1,730 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- for artificial satellites, and for human spaceflight and exploration of other ... century, this history included human spaceflight to the Moon. In the twenty ...39 KB (5,911 words) - 02:27, 16 December 2022
- flight of Soyuz 11 to Salyut 1, all manned spaceflight duration records have been set aboard space stations. The duration record of 437.7 days was set ...12 KB (1,622 words) - 17:12, 14 October 2022
- are designed for long duration human spaceflight, not permanent colonization. ... as the ultimate goal of current spaceflight programs: …the goal isn ...37 KB (5,482 words) - 22:47, 5 February 2023
- In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object that has been placed into orbit by human endeavor. Such objects are sometimes called ...35 KB (4,993 words) - 00:11, 8 January 2024
- Force Base in Virginia to make runs on a spaceflight simulator, part of NASA ... were given an additional role in the spaceflight program, to ensure pilot ...55 KB (7,935 words) - 02:28, 9 February 2023
- * Spaceflight == Notes == ==References== * Cutler, Andrew H. 1985. "Metallurgical Properties of Lunar and Asteroidal Steels." In Faughnan ...17 KB (2,555 words) - 19:04, 7 February 2023
- Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin formed the American ...97 KB (14,466 words) - 15:45, 11 August 2023
- of Astrobiology, Astronomy, & Spaceflight. ===General philosophy sources=== *[http://plato.stanford.edu/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy] ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- #039;s conversations with the Earth during the spaceflight. url=http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/gagarin/index.shtml?doc10.html |title ...17 KB (2,467 words) - 10:29, 7 June 2023
- A fixed-wing aircraft, commonly called an airplane or aeroplane, (from the Greek: aéros- "air" and -planos "wandering") ...20 KB (3,021 words) - 07:09, 16 June 2023
- für Raumschiffahrt (VfR, the "Spaceflight Society") and assisted ... Before technically formalizing his thoughts on human spaceflight to ...47 KB (7,340 words) - 17:15, 4 May 2023
- * Spaceflight * Terraforming == Notes == ==References== * Matloff, Gregory L., Les Johnson, and C. Bangs. 2007. Living Off the Land in Space: ...20 KB (3,078 words) - 19:03, 7 February 2023
- engines after re-entry at the end of each spaceflight, and so land as gliders. ==Launch methods== Gliding The two most common methods of launching ...22 KB (3,495 words) - 08:00, 24 January 2023
- of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight. Retrieved January 12, 2009. ... of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight. Retrieved January 12, 2009. ...54 KB (8,172 words) - 20:44, 9 April 2023
- A seminal microprocessor in the world of spaceflight was RCA's RCA 1802 (also called the CDP1802 or RCA COSMAC) (introduced in 1976) which ...25 KB (3,612 words) - 17:30, 9 November 2022
- crew of Apollo 8 on the eve of the first manned spaceflight to leave earth's orbit. From the 1960s on Lindbergh became an advocate for the ...26 KB (3,945 words) - 21:30, 4 December 2023
- of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight. Retrieved February 27, 2017. ===The search for extraterrestrials=== Since the last quarter of the ...28 KB (4,265 words) - 00:00, 25 March 2024
- Space Soonest and X-20 Dyna-Soar human spaceflight programs. was selected in 1962. He made his first spaceflight as command pilot of Gemini ...110 KB (16,075 words) - 19:19, 31 July 2023
- Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman ...57 KB (8,455 words) - 04:33, 17 June 2023
- smallest extra-solar planet yet found,”] SpaceFlight Now (Feb. 11, 2005). Retrieved December 26, 2007. the planets orbiting the stars Mu Arae ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- * Spaceflight * Venus == Notes == ==References== * Fogg, Martyn J. 1995. Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments. Warrendale, PA: SAE ...32 KB (4,766 words) - 14:58, 30 April 2023
- Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy & Spaceflight [http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/J/Jupiterlife.html Life On Jupiter. Retrieved ...33 KB (5,055 words) - 06:44, 28 February 2023
- NASA, [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/factsheets/pdfs/radiation.pdf Understanding Space Radiation.] Retrieved September 11, 2007. ...37 KB (5,720 words) - 08:13, 10 January 2024
- The recent development of human spaceflight has raised interest in the impact of vacuum on human health, and life forms in general. ...37 KB (5,624 words) - 20:38, 21 April 2020
- flag preserved from the Commune. The Soviet spaceflight Voskhod 1 carried part of a communard banner from the Paris Commune. Also, the Bolsheviks ...40 KB (6,079 words) - 07:58, 18 November 2022
- of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight. Retrieved January 25, 2017. The northern polar cap has a diameter of approximately 1,000 kilometers ...47 KB (7,206 words) - 16:13, 6 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox University-Jen |name = Massachusetts ...42 KB (5,941 words) - 09:17, 10 March 2023
- NASA, [http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/shutref/srb/posts.html Hold-Down Posts.] Retrieved November 22, 2007. The plume from the ...43 KB (6,281 words) - 15:42, 4 February 2023
- Soviets beat the U.S. with the first manned spaceflight in April 1961, Kennedy tasked Johnson with coming up with a "scientific bonanza" that ...44 KB (6,749 words) - 03:18, 5 November 2022
- Medicine is the science and practice of establishing the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. It encompasses a variety ...53 KB (7,336 words) - 04:05, 9 November 2022
- of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight. Retrieved January 9, 2020. Earth's mass allows its gravity to hold an atmosphere. Water vapor ...56 KB (8,647 words) - 23:15, 3 May 2023
- by the desire to increase public interest in spaceflight and to show the potential of people with disabilities. In April 2007, Hawking flew aboard ...67 KB (9,596 words) - 04:41, 28 April 2023
- agency, ending plans for a return of human spaceflight to the moon and ending development of the Ares I rocket, Ares V rocket, and Constellation program ...70 KB (9,939 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
