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1Nose cone — For the Transformers character, see Nosecone (Transformers). A nose cone that contained one of the Voyager spacecraft, mounted on top of a Titan III/Centaur launch vehicle …
2ablative — ablative1 ablatival /ab leuh tuy veuhl/, adj. /ab leuh tiv/, Gram. adj. 1. (in some inflected languages) noting a case that has among its functions the indication of place from which or, as in Latin, place in which, manner, means, instrument, or… …
3ablative — I ab•la•tive [[t]ˈæb lə tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) gram. of or designating a grammatical case that is used to mark the starting point of an action and, in Latin, to indicate manner, instrument, or agent 2) gram. the ablative case 3) gram. a word or other… …
4ablative — [ab′lə tiv; ] for adj. 2 [, ab lāt′iv] adj. [ME < L ablativus < ablatus, pp. of auferre < ab , away + ferre, to BEAR1] 1. Gram. designating, of, or in a case expressing removal, deprivation, direction away from, source, cause, or agency… …
5ablative — I. adjective Date: 15th century of, relating to, or constituting a grammatical case expressing typically the relations of separation and source and also frequently such relations as cause or instrument • ablative noun II. adjective Date: circa… …
6Jupiter-C — Infobox rocket caption =A Jupiter C sounding rocket on the launch pad name =Jupiter C function =Sounding rocket manufacturer =Army Ballistic Missile Agency country origin = United States height =21.2 m alt height = diameter =1.78 m alt diameter …
7Atmospheric reentry — refers to the movement of human made or natural objects as they enter the atmosphere of a planet from outer space, in the case of Earth from an altitude above the edge of space. This article primarily addresses the process of controlled reentry… …
8Project Mercury — Duration 1959 1963 Goal Place Americans into orbit for as long as one day Achievements First manned flight: May 5, 1961 First orbital flight …
9heat shield — noun a protective covering that protects a spacecraft from overheating on reentry • Hypernyms: ↑protective covering, ↑protective cover, ↑protection • Part Holonyms: ↑spacecraft, ↑ballistic capsule, ↑space vehicle …
10Space Capsule Recovery Experiment — Infobox Spacecraft Name = Space Capsule Recovery Experiment Caption = The SRE 1 kept for public display at Thiruvananthapuram on April 29, 2007 Organization = ISRO Major Contractors = Mission Type = Orbiter Satellite Of = Earth Orbital Insertion… …