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t. e. A spacecraft is a vehicle that is designed to fly in outer space and operate there. Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, Earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, planetary exploration, and transportation of humans and cargo.
List of Mars orbiters. List of space telescopes. List of X-ray space telescopes. List of proposed space observatories. List of cargo spacecraft. List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters. List of heaviest spacecraft. List of spacecraft called Sputnik. List of spacecraft powered by non-rechargeable batteries.
Subcategories. This category has the following 42 subcategories, out of 42 total. Spacecraft by country (10 C) Spacecraft by disposition (6 C, 3 P) Spacecraft by launch system (27 C, 1 P) Spacecraft by year of decommissioning (16 C) Spacecraft by year of launch (69 C) Spacecraft by year of reentry (67 C)
NASA delivers the most visible elements of the U.S. space program. From crewed space exploration and the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon, to the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Voyager, the Mars rovers, numerous space telescopes, and the Artemis program, NASA delivers on the civil space exploration mandate.
Reusable spacecraft. Space Shuttle orbiter landing from orbit on STS-126. A reusable spacecraft is a class of spacecraft that have been designed with repeated launch, orbit, deorbit and atmospheric reentry in mind. This contrasts with conventional spacecraft which are designed to be expended (thrown away, allowed to burn during reentry) after use.
Targeting Jupiter capture by Dec 2035 & a Uranus flyby in March 2045, the mission includes 2 probes, one exploring Jupiter's system and another flying by Uranus" ( Tweet) – via Twitter. ^ Andrew Jones published (2022-09-22). "China wants to probe Uranus and Jupiter with 2 spacecraft on one rocket". Space.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
SPRITE ( Saturn PRobe Interior and aTmospheric Explorer) was a proposed Saturn atmospheric probe mission concept of the NASA. SPRITE is a design for an atmospheric entry probe that would travel to Saturn from Earth on its own cruise stage, then enter the atmosphere of Saturn, and descend taking measurements in situ .
3D printing began to be used in production versions of spaceflight hardware in early 2014, when SpaceX first flew a flight-critical propulsion system assembly on an operational Falcon 9 flight. A number of other 3D-printed spacecraft assemblies have been ground-tested, including high-temperature, high-pressure rocket engine combustion chambers ...