retro-rocket
21Vostok 1 — Infobox Space mission mission name = Vostok 1 spacecraft name = Ласточка (Lastochka Swallow) shuttle = insignia = vostok1patch.png insignia size = 95px sign = Кедр (Kedr Siberian Pine) crew members = 1 launch pad = launch = April 12, 1961 06:07… …
22space exploration — Investigation of the universe beyond Earth s atmosphere by means of manned and unmanned spacecraft. Study of the use of rockets for spaceflight began early in the 20th century. Germany s research on rocket propulsion in the 1930s led to… …
23missile — Synonyms and related words: AA target rocket, ABM, ASM, ATS, Asp, Asroc, Atlas, Atlas Agena, Atlas Centaur, Bullpup, Cajun, Corporal, Corvus, Crossbow, Dart, Deacon, Delta, Diamant, Dove, Falcon, Firebee, Genie, Hawk, Holy Moses, Hound Dog, ICBM …
24Voskhod spacecraft — Infobox Aircraft all name=Voskhod caption=Voskhod 2 spacecraft type=Space capsule manufacturer=Korolev designer=Sergei Korolev first flight=1964 introduced=1964 retired=1965 status=Last 4 flights cancelled primary user=Soviet space program… …
25retrorocket — /re troh rok it/, n. a small, auxiliary rocket engine, forming a part of a larger rocket vehicle and having its exhaust nozzle pointed toward the direction of flight, for decelerating the larger rocket, separating one stage from another, etc.… …
26Space Race — For a discussion of all spaceflight programs to date, see History of spaceflight. For a list of key events, see Timeline of space exploration. For other uses of the term, see Space Race (disambiguation). A replica of Sputnik 1, the world s… …
27ret|ro — ret|ro1 «REHT roh», noun. = retrorocket. (Cf. ↑retrorocket) ╂[< retro (rocket)] ret|ro2 «REHT roh», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a revival, as of the fashion, music, or plays, of earlier decades, especially in France: »The Group TSE s… …
28retrorocket — ☆ retrorocket or retro rocket [re′trō räk΄it ] n. [ RETRO + ROCKET1] a small rocket on a larger rocket or spacecraft, that produces thrust in a direction opposite to the direction of flight in order to reduce speed, as for maneuvering …
29Mariner 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]… …
30Sub-orbital spaceflight — A sub orbital spaceflight (or sub orbital flight) is a spaceflight in which the spacecraft reaches space, but its trajectory intersects the atmosphere or surface of the gravitating body from which it was launched, so that it does not complete one …
