manned space travel

  • 61Apollo 8 — Infobox Space mission mission name = Apollo 8 insignia = Apollo 8 patch.png command module = CM 103 mass 28,817 kg service module = SM 103 lunar module = Lunar Test Article (LTA B) mass 9,026 kg booster = Saturn V SA 503 crew size = 3 launch pad …

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  • 62Rocket — This article is about vehicles powered by rocket engines. For other uses, see Rocket (disambiguation). A Soyuz U, at Baikonur Site 1/5 A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle which obtains thrust from a rocket engi …

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  • 63aerospace industry — Introduction       assemblage of manufacturing concerns that deal with vehicular flight within and beyond the Earth s atmosphere. (The term aerospace is derived from the words aeronautics and spaceflight.) The aerospace industry is engaged in the …

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  • 64Astronaut — For other uses, see Astronaut (disambiguation). Cosmonaut redirects here. For other uses, see Cosmonaut (disambiguation). Astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a Manned Maneuvering Unit outside the United States Space Shuttle Challenger in 1984. An …

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  • 65Human spaceflight — Orbital Human spaceflight Name Debut Launches Vostok 1961 6 Mercury 1962 4 Voskhod 1964 2 Gemini 1965 …

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  • 66Colonization of the Moon — Lunar outpost redirects here. For NASA s plan to construct an outpost between 2012 and 2024, see Lunar outpost (NASA). Moonbase redirects here. For other uses, see Moonbase (disambiguation). 1986 artist concept The colonization of the Moon is the …

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  • 67Mars to Stay — Concept for NASA Design Reference Mission Architecture 5.0 (2009) Mars to Stay missions propose astronauts sent to Mars for the first time should stay there indefinitely, both to reduce cost and to ensure permanent settlement of Mars. Among many… …

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  • 682008 in spaceflight — |11 January, 05:32 GMT [cite web url= http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story80.html title= 36.243 UG McCandliss/Johns Hopkins University accessdate= 2008 03 15 author= date= 2008 01 11 format= html publisher= NASA Sounding Rockets Office… …

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  • 69List of fictional spaceships — This is a list of fictional spacecraft, starships, and exo atmospheric vessels that have been identified by name in published works of fiction (novels, films, television series, etc). This list does not include most ships from Star Wars or Star… …

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  • 70spaceflight — /spays fluyt /, n. the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space. Also, space flight. [1945 50; SPACE + FLIGHT1] * * * Introduction  flight beyond Earth s atmosphere. This article deals with the basic concepts associated with …

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