Spacecraft - Wikipedia
A spacecraft is a vehicle that is designed to fly and operate in outer space. [1] Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, Earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, planetary exploration, and transportation of humans and cargo.
Spaceships and Rockets - NASA
2023年10月17日 · A spacecraft is a vehicle that flies in space. It can carry astronauts, cargo, or instruments to their destination, or it can be the destination. The International Space Station is a spacecraft, just like the smaller vehicles that deliver crew and cargo to it.
Spacecraft | Definition, Types, & Facts | Britannica
2024年10月7日 · Spacecraft is a vehicle designed to operate, with or without a crew, in a controlled flight pattern above Earth’s lower atmosphere. Most spacecraft are not self-propelled; they depend on the initial velocity provided by a launch vehicle, which separates from the spacecraft when its task is done.
Orion Spacecraft - NASA
5 天之前 · NASA’s Orion spacecraft is built to take humans farther than they’ve ever gone before. On Artemis missions, Orion will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during the space travel, and provide …
SpaceX Starship launches: Flight 6 mission updates | Space
2024年10月11日 · SpaceX's Starship megarocket is the world's biggest and most powerful rocket, and the giant booster that will launch the moon lander for NASA's Artemis 3 mission that aims to land astronauts on the...
Artemis I - NASA
Next generation spacecraft, designed for the demands of human missions to deep space. CREW AND SERVICE MODULE HEIGHT — 26 feet. PRESSURIZED VOLUME — 690.6 ft3. MASS TO THE MOON — 53,000 pounds. RETURN MASS AT LANDING — 18,200 pounds. Learn More.
What's next for SpaceX's Starship after its successful 6th test flight?
3 天之前 · SpaceX's sixth Starship vehicle launches on a test flight from Starbase, Texas, on Nov. 19, 2024.(Image credit: SpaceX) The biggest and most powerful rocket ever built now has six test flights ...
Types of Spacecraft, Trajectories, & Navigation - Britannica
2024年11月11日 · Spacecraft is a general term for objects launched into space—e.g., Earth-orbiting satellites and space probes, experiment capsules, the orbiting modules of some launch vehicles (e.g., the U.S. space shuttle or the Russian Soyuz), and space stations.
Dragon - SpaceX
The Dragon spacecraft is capable of carrying up to 7 passengers to and from Earth orbit, and beyond. It is the only spacecraft currently flying that is capable of returning significant amounts of cargo to Earth, and is the first private spacecraft to take humans to the space station.
Dragon Spacecraft Boosts Station for First Time
2024年11月8日 · The spacecraft’s Draco thrusters adjusted the station’s orbit through a reboost of altitude by 7/100 of a mile at apogee and 7/10 of a mile at perigee, lasting approximately 12 minutes and 30 seconds. By testing the spacecraft’s ability to provide reboost and, eventually, attitude control, NASA’s International Space Station Program will ...