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21Interplanetary spaceflight — or interplanetary travel is travel between planets within a single planetary system. In practice, spaceflights of this type are confined to travel between the planets of the Solar System. Current achievements in interplanetary travel Remotely… …
22Non-rocket spacelaunch — Non rocket space launch (NRS) is a launch into space where some or all needed speed and altitude is provided by non rocket means, rather than simply using conventional chemical rockets from the ground. A number of alternatives to rockets have… …
23Mass driver — For fictional mass drivers, see List of electromagnetic projectile devices in fiction. Artist s conception of a mass driver for lunar launch A mass driver or electromagnetic catapult is a proposed method of non rocket spacelaunch which would use… …
24Mars Observer — Artist rendering of Mars Observer in orbit around Mars. Operator NASA / JPL …
25Space-based solar power — Left: Part of the solar energy is lost on its way through the atmosphere by the effects of reflection and absorption. Right: Space based solar power systems convert sunlight to microwaves outside the atmosphere, avoiding these losses, and the… …
26Nuclear thermal rocket — Sketch of nuclear thermal rocket …
27MESSENGER — This article is about the NASA space mission. For other uses, see Messenger. MESSENGER Artist s rendering of MESSENGER orbiting Mercury. Operator NASA / APL Major contractors APL …
28Chandrayaan-1 — Operator Indian Space Research Organisation Mission type Orbiter Satellite of Moon Orbital insertion date 8 November 2008 Orbits 3400 orbits around the …
29List of aerospace engineering topics — This page aims to list all articles related to the specific discipline of aerospace engineering. For a broad overview of engineering, see List of engineering topics. For biographies, see List of engineers.compactTOC NOTOC AAblation cascade… …
30Phoenix (spacecraft) — This article is about the Mars lander. For the Star Trek spacecraft, see Phoenix (Star Trek). For other uses, see Phoenix (disambiguation). Phoenix Mars Mission Artist s impression of the Phoenix spacecraft as it lands on Mars Operator NASA …
