payload separation
1Payload Assist Module — PAM D with the Phoenix spacecraft. The Star 48 B engine is shown being spun, fired, yo yo de spun and jettisoned. SBS 3 satellite with PAM D stage inside the space shuttle …
2Science Realm — is a project with the aim of creating a vertical takeoff horizontal landing (VTHL) single stage to orbit (SSTO) craft, the term is also associated with the software this project uses to simulate takeoff and landing. [… …
3Athena (rocket) — Infobox rocket caption = Athena II with Lunar Prospector name = Athena function = Small, modular component launch vehicle manufacturer = Lockheed Martin country origin = United States height = 19.8 30.48 m alt height = 65 100 ft diameter = 2.36 m …
4Space Shuttle — STS redirects here. For other uses, see STS (disambiguation). This article is about the NASA Space Transportation System vehicle. For the associated NASA STS program, see Space Shuttle program. For other shuttles and aerospace vehicles, see… …
5LCROSS — spacecraft, artist s rendering Operator NASA/Ames Research Center Mission type Impactor …
6Saturn V — Infobox rocket caption = The first Saturn V, AS 501, before the launch of Apollo 4 name = Saturn V function = Manned LEO and Lunar launch vehicle manufacturer = Boeing (S IC) North American (S II) Douglas (S IVB) country origin = United States… …
7Flight planning — A Tarom Boeing 737 300 and United Airlines Boeing 777 200 taxiing to depart London Heathrow Airport. Flight planning is the process of producing a flight plan to describe a proposed aircraft flight. It involves two …
8Multistage rocket — First stage and second stage redirect here. For other uses, see diving regulator and reading (legislature). The second stage of a Minuteman III rocket A multistage (or multi stage) rocket is a rocket that uses two or more stages, each of… …
9STS-60 — Infobox Space mission mission name = STS 60 insignia = Sts 60 patch.png shuttle = Discovery launch pad = 39 A launch = February 3, 1994, 7:10:05 a.m. EST landing = February 11, 1994, 2:18:41 p.m. EST, KSC Runway 15 duration = 7 days, 6 hours, 8… …
10Mathematics and Physical Sciences — ▪ 2003 Introduction Mathematics Mathematics in 2002 was marked by two discoveries in number theory. The first may have practical implications; the second satisfied a 150 year old curiosity. Computer scientist Manindra Agrawal of the… …
