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Aerocapture

Aerocapture is an orbital transfer maneuver in which a spacecraft uses aerodynamic drag force from a single pass through a planetary atmosphere to decelerate and achieve orbit insertion.

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Brief History of Aerocapture

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Aerocapture spacecraft designs

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In fiction

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Brief History of Aerocapture

Aerocapture spacecraft designs

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Aerocapture

Nodes42
Edges41
Triples103
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.047619
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Aerocapture

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related to history · 28
Aerocapture → Aeroassist Flight Experiment, Aerocapture Systems Analysis Team, AFE, ASAT, Cruz's, Earth, Flagship-class, In, ISPT, London's, Mars, Mars Odyssey, Mars Sample Return, Mary Kae Lockwood, NASA In-Space Propulsion Technology, NASA Langley Research Center, Neptune, Repic, Shuttle-launched, Since
related to Blunt body, rigid aeroshell design · 21
Aerocapture → Adaptation, Also, Another, Apollo, Apollo Command Module, April, Because, December, February, January, July, June, Mars Exploration Rovers, Martian, NASA, October, Once, Opportunity, Spirit, The
related to In fiction · 11
Aerocapture → Arthur, Chinese, Clarke's, Jool, Jupiter, Jupiter's, Kerbal Space Program, Odyssey Two, Players, Russian, This
has method · 8
Aerocapture → Aerobraking, Mars, NASA, Saturn's, These, Titan, Venus, While
related to Benefits of aerocapture · 8
Aerocapture → Additionally, Jupiter, NASA, Neptune, Saturn, Solar System, Titan, Venus
related to Software · 7
Aerocapture → Aerocapture Mission Analysis Tool, AMAT, Descent, EDL, Entry, Landing, Solar System
related to Deployable or Inflatable aeroshell design · 6
Aerocapture → Because, But, Just, Made, The, While
related to Aerocapture spacecraft designs · 4
Aerocapture → Entering, Similarly, The, To
related to Trailing ballute design · 4
Aerocapture → Because, One, The, Where
related to In practice · 3
Aerocapture → Mars Odyssey, On, Zond

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Apollo offer sufficient control authority for aerocapture at Neptuneinstance ofadvances in interplanetary navigation and atmospheric guidance techniques have shown that heritage low-L/D aeroshells0.80text
Aerocapturehas methodNASA0.60section
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Aerocapturehas methodAerobraking0.60section
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