monopropellant rocket engine
31De Laval nozzle — A de Laval nozzle (or convergent divergent nozzle, CD nozzle or con di nozzle) is a tube that is pinched in the middle, making an hourglass shape. It is used as a means of accelerating the flow of a gas passing through it to a supersonic speed.… …
32Nuclear lightbulb — A nuclear lightbulb is a hypothetical type of spacecraft engine using a Fission reactor to achieve Nuclear propulsion. Specifically it would be a type of Gas core reactor rocket that separates the nuclear fuel from the coolant/propellant with a… …
33Viking program — NASA s Viking program consisted of a pair of space probes sent to Mars, Viking 1 and Viking 2. Each vehicle was composed of two main parts, an orbiter designed to photograph the surface of Mars from orbit, and a lander designed to study the… …
34Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter — Conceptual image depicting the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in an elliptical low planet orbit around Mars Operator NASA / JPL Major contractors Lockheed Ma …
35Mariner 1 — Launch of Mariner 1 Mariner 1 was the first spacecraft of the American Mariner program. Launched on July 22, 1962 as a Venus flyby mission, a range safety officer ordered its destructive abort at 09:26:16 UT, 294.5 seconds after launch.[1]… …
36Cold gas thruster — A cold gas thruster is a rocket engine/thruster that uses a (typically inert) gas as the reaction mass. A cold gas thruster usually simply consists of a pressurized tank containing gas, a valve to control its release and a nozzle, and plumbing… …
37Mariner 2 — Operator NASA Major contractors Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mission type Flyby …
38Ranger 8 — Infobox Spacecraft Name = Ranger 8 Organization = NASA Major Contractors = Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mission Type = Lunar Science Satellite Of = Moon Launch = February 17, 1965 at 17:05:00 UTC Launch Vehicle = Atlas Agena B Decay = Impacted on… …
39ARCTUS — is a design being developed by Spacehab for a robotic spacecraft that would deliver cargo to the International Space Station. [cite news | url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/12/07/220151/picture spacehab to update website with arctus… …
40Ranger 7 — Infobox Spacecraft Name = Ranger 7 Organization = NASA Major Contractors = Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mission Type = Lunar Science Satellite Of = Moon Launch = July 28, 1964 at 16:50:00 UTC Launch Vehicle = Atlas Agena B Decay = Impacted on Moon… …
