spacecraft orbit
51Lunar orbit rendezvous — (LOR) was the method used by the Apollo missions for human spaceflight to the Moon. In an LOR mission a main spacecraft and a smaller lunar module travel together into lunar orbit (orbit around the Moon). The lunar module then independently… …
52Robotic spacecraft — An artist s interpretation of the MESSENGER spacecraft at Mercury A robotic spacecraft is a spacecraft with no humans on board, that is usually under telerobotic control. A robotic spacecraft designed to make scientific research measurements is… …
53Geocentric orbit — Earth orbit redirects here. For the motion of the Earth around the Sun, see Earth s orbit. Earth orbiter redirects here. For the shuttle simulator, see Earth Orbiter 1. The following words may have more than one definition or other non Earth… …
54Deep Impact (spacecraft) — For other uses, see Deep Impact (disambiguation). Deep Impact Artist s conception of the Deep Impact space probe after impactor separation. Operator NASA / JPL Major contractors Ball Aerospace, JPL …
55Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit — Operator SpaceX Bus Dragon Mission type Technology Launch date 4 June 2010 18:45 UTC[ …
56Single-stage-to-orbit — The VentureStar was a proposed SSTO spaceplane. A single stage to orbit (or SSTO) vehicle reaches orbit from the surface of a body without jettisoning hardware, expending only propellants and fluids. The term usually, but not exclusively, refers… …
57Two-stage-to-orbit — A two stage to orbit (TSTO or DSTO Double/Dual Stage To Orbit) launch vehicle is a spacecraft in which two distinct stages provide propulsion consecutively in order to achieve orbital velocity. It is intermediate between a three stage to orbit… …
58Lunar orbit — In astronomy, lunar orbit (also known as a Selenocentric orbit) refers to the orbit of an object around the Moon.As used in the space program, this refers not to the orbit of the Moon about the Earth, but to orbits by various manned or unmanned… …
59DART (spacecraft) — DART, or Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology, is a NASA sponsored project. The goal was to develop and demonstrate an automated navigation and rendezvous capability in a NASA spacecraft. Currently, only the Russian Space Agency and …
60Voskhod 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… …
