earth-orbit escape
121In-situ resource utilization — ISRU Reverse Water Gas Shift Testbed (NASA KSC) In space exploration, in situ resource utilization (ISRU) describes the proposed use of resources found or manufactured on other astronomical objects (the Moon, Mars, Asteroids, etc.) to further the …
122Fictional military aircraft — are imagined aircraft which are used in fiction, in its various media, but do not exist in the real world. These aircraft may be conjectured variants of real world aircraft or they may be completely fabricated by the author. Contents 1 Fictional… …
123List of probes by operational status — This is a list of all probes which have escaped Earth orbit, as categorized by current operational status and mission progress. The list includes lunar probes, but does not include probes orbiting at Lagrangian points L1 or L2. Landing vehicles… …
124Atmospheric 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… …
125Asteroids in fiction — Asteroids and asteroid belts are a staple of science fiction stories.Asteroids play several potential roles in science fiction: as places which human beings might colonize; as resources for extracting minerals; as a hazard encountered by… …
126Soviet space program — The Soviet space program consisted of initiatives within the Soviet Union by competing design groups. Being primarily a ownage military program, it was classified. Sergey Korolyov (also transliterated as Korolev) was the head of the principal… …
127J002E3 — is the designation given to a supposed asteroid discovered by amateur astronomer Bill Yeung on September 3, 2002. Further examination revealed the object was not a rock asteroid but instead the S IVB third stage of the Apollo 12 Saturn V rocket [ …
128Momentum exchange tether — Momentum Exchange Tethers is one of many applications for space tethers. This sub set represents an entire area of research using a spinning conductive and/or non conductive tether to throw spacecraft up or down in orbit (like a sling), thereby… …
