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1Thrust vectoring — Infobox Aviation name = Thrust vectoring caption = The F 18 HARV, X 31, and F 16 MATV in flightThrust vectoring is the ability of an aircraft or other vehicle to direct the thrust from its main engine(s) in a direction other than parallel to the… …
2launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space. [1955 1960] * * * Rocket system that boosts a spacecraft into Earth orbit or beyond Earth s gravitational pull. A wide variety of launch vehicles …
3Shuttle-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle — This article is about a side mount concept. For other concepts of Shuttle Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicles, see Shuttle Derived Launch Vehicle. Artist impression of the Shuttle Derived HLV concept The Shuttle Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle,… …
4Lunar Landing Research Vehicle — infobox Aircraft name = Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) type = Experimental VTOL aircraft manufacturer = Bell Aerosystems caption = The Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) designer = first flight = 30 October 1964 introduced = retired =… …
5Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle — The Shuttle Derived Launch Vehicle, or simply Shuttle Derived Vehicle (SDV), is a term describing one of a wide array of concepts that have been developed for creating space launch vehicles from the components, technology and/or infrastructure of …
6Launch vehicle — Satellite launch vehicle redirects here. For the Indian rocket, see Satellite Launch Vehicle A Russian Soyuz lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan heading for the ISS In spaceflight, a launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket… …
7Amphibious vehicle — An amphibious vehicle (or simply amphibian), is a vehicle or craft, that is a means of transport, viable on land as well as on water just like an amphibian.This definition applies equally to any land and water transport, small or large, powered… …
8Aquarius Launch Vehicle — Space Systems/Loral s Aquarius Launch Vehicle is a low cost launch vehicle designed to carry small, inexpensive payoads into LEO. The vehicle will be primarily intended to launch into orbit bulk products, like water, fuel, and other consumables,… …
9Soyuz launch vehicle — The Soyuz launch vehicle (Western designation: A 2) is an expendable launch system manufactured by TsSKB Progress in Samara, Russia. It is used as the launcher for the manned Soyuz spacecraft as part of the Soyuz program. It is now also used to… …
10Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle — Mercury Redstone 2 launch carrying Ham (chimpanzee), Jan 31, 1961 Function unmanned and manned sub orbital launch vehicle Manufacturer Chrys …
