earth-orbital flight
21Manned Space Flight Network — The Manned Space Flight Network (abbreviated MSFN, pronounced misfin ) was a set of tracking stations built to support the American space efforts of Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Skylab. There were two other space communication networks at this… …
22Near Earth Network — The Near Earth Network (NEN, formerly GN or Ground Network) provides orbital communications support for Near Earth orbiting customer platforms via various NASA ground stations. NASA s NEN consists of ground stations in: Merritt Island Launch… …
23Apollo 15, Return to Earth — After the Apollo 15 Lunar Module Falcon lifted from the lunar surface it rendezvoused and docked with the Command/Service Module Endeavour . After transferring across the lunar samples and other equipment, Falcon was jettisoned. It would fire its …
24balloon flight — ▪ aviation Introduction passage through the air of a balloon that contains a buoyant gas, such as helium or heated air, for which reason it is also known as lighter than air free flight. Unmanned balloons have been used to carry meteorological… …
25COTS Demo Flight 2 — COTS 2 Artist s rendering of a Dragon capsule berthing with the ISS, aided by the robotic Canadarm2. DRAGON C2 Operator NASA Major contractors SpaceX …
26Manned Orbital Laboratory — Infobox Space station station = Manned Orbital Laboratory station station image size = 350 station image caption = MOL test launch Nov. 3, 1966 from Cape Canaveral, FL. (USAF) crew = 2 status = Cancelled mass = 14,476 kg length = 21.92 m diameter …
27List of space flight simulator games — Part of a series on …
28Comparison of orbital launchers families — This page exposes the list of launchers families. To see the long complete list of launch systems, see Comparison of orbital launch systems. Description Launcher : Name of the family/model of launcher. Country : origin country of… …
29Exploration Flight Test 1 — Mission insignia Mission statistics Mission name Exploration Flight Test 1 Spacecraft type Orion MPCV …
30COTS Demo Flight 3 — Artist rendering of SpaceX Dragon spacecraft delivering cargo to the International Space Station. Credit NASA Dragon C3, also known as COTS Demo Flight 3 (COTS 3), is a proposed third test flight for SpaceX s unpiloted Dragon cargo spacecraft,… …
