retrorocket
11Retrorocket — A rocket designed to fire in the direction of a ships motion, so that forward velocity is reduced. This permits gravity to pull an orbiting ship downward. See Retro fire …
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12retrorocket — noun a small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course • Hypernyms: ↑rocket, ↑rocket engine …
13Voskhod 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… …
14Mercury-Atlas 6 — For the Looking Glass airplane, see E 6 Mercury. Mercury Atlas 6 Mission insignia Mission statistics Mission name Mercury Atlas 6 Spacecraft name Friendship 7 …
15Moon landing — For other uses, see Moon landing (disambiguation). Still frame from the video transmission of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the surface of the Moon at 02:56 UTC on 21 July 1969. An estimated 500 million people worldwide watched this event,… …
16retrofire — ☆ retrofire [re′trə fīr΄ ] vt. retrofired, retrofiring to ignite (a retrorocket) vi. to become ignited: said of a retrorocket n. the igniting of a retrorocket …
17ret|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… …
18Ranger 3 — was a spacecraft of the Ranger program that was launched to study the Moon on January 26, 1962. The space probe was designed to transmit pictures of the lunar surface to Earth stations during a period of 10 minutes of flight prior to impacting on …
19Ranger 4 — was a spacecraft of the Ranger program designed to transmit pictures of the lunar surface to Earth stations during a period of 10 minutes of flight prior to impacting on the Moon, to rough land a seismometer capsule on the Moon, to collect gamma… …
20Ranger 5 — was a spacecraft of the Ranger program designed to transmit pictures of the lunar surface to Earth stations during a period of 10 minutes of flight prior to impacting on the Moon, to rough land a seismometer capsule on the Moon, to collect gamma… …
