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Spacecraft

A spacecraft is a vehicle that is designed to fly and operate in outer space. Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, Earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, planetary exploration, and transportation of humans and cargo. All spacecraft except single-stage-to-orbit vehicles cannot get into space on…

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Crewed and uncrewed spacecraft

Types of spacecraft

Subsystems

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Spacecraft records

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Spacecraft

Nodes291
Edges290
Triples188
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006873
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Spacecraft

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related to Crewed spacecraft · 38
Spacecraft → Alan Shepard, American, Apollo, Apollo Lunar Module, As, Boeing, China, CST-100, Dragon, Earth, European Spacelab, Freedom, Gemini, L3, Mercury, Mir, Other American, Other Soviet, Salyut, Shenzhou
related to history · 27
Spacecraft → Apart, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Braun, Earth, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, German V-2, Germany, In, International Geophysical Year, It, June, Kazakh SSR, Kármán, LEO, MHz While Sputnik, October, Peenemünde, Pressurized, Site No, Soviet Union
related to Spaceplanes · 24
Spacecraft → April, Atlantis, Boeing, California, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery, During, Edwards AFB, Endeavour, Enterprise, February, January, July, North American X-15, SCA, Shuttle, Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle Columbia, Spaceplanes
related to Uncrewed spacecraft · 16
Spacecraft → Earth, Humans, In, Jupiter, Many, Moon, Multiple, Neptune, Outer, Saturn, Solar System, Sun, Telerobotics, Uncrewed, Uranus, Venus
related to Space probes · 15
Spacecraft → Apollo, Being, Earth, Moon, New Horizons, Parker Solar Probe, Pioneer, Pluto, Saturn, Solar System, Space, Sun's, There, They, Voyager
related to Space capsules · 10
Spacecraft → NASA, Orion, Other, Soviet Union, Soyuz, Space, The, They, Vostok, Yuri Gagarin
related to Subsystems · 10
Spacecraft → ACS, ADAC, ADC, Attached, CDH, DH, EPS, GN, GNC, TCS
related to External links · 8
Spacecraft → Archived, JPL/CaltechInternational Spaceflight Museum, NASA, Space Science Spacecraft Missions, Spacecraft Query FormEarly History, SpacecraftBasics, Spaceflight, Wayback MachineNSSDC Master Catalog
related to Other · 8
Spacecraft → Buran, Dream Chaser, For, Other, Some, SpaceX Dragon, This, Tianzhou
related to Cargo spacecraft · 6
Spacecraft → Automated, Cargo, International Space Station, Mir, Salyut, Tiangong

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space earth crewed orbit used shuttle first probes system launched spacex reusable cargo orbital robotic satellite voyager orbiter launch also

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Spacecraftis avehicle that is designed to fly and operate in outer space0.90text
Spacecraftis aexample of a spacecraft that does not have a propulsion subsystem0.90text
Venus or the vicinity of Jupiter are too hostile for human survivalinstance ofsome planetary destinations0.80text
Saturninstance ofOuter planets0.80text
Uranusinstance ofOuter planets0.80text
and Neptune are too distant to reach with current crewed spaceflight technologyinstance ofOuter planets0.80text
so telerobotic probes are the only way to explore theminstance ofOuter planets0.80text
the Space Launch Systeminstance ofThe Shuttle's heavy cargo transport role is to be replaced by expendable rockets0.80text
ULA's Vulcan rocketinstance ofThe Shuttle's heavy cargo transport role is to be replaced by expendable rockets0.80text
as well as the commercial launch vehicles.Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne was a reusable suborbital spaceplane that carried pilots Mike Melvillinstance ofThe Shuttle's heavy cargo transport role is to be replaced by expendable rockets0.80text
Brian Binnie on consecutive flights in 2004 to win the Ansari X Prizeinstance ofThe Shuttle's heavy cargo transport role is to be replaced by expendable rockets0.80text
berylliuminstance oflow density materials0.80text

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