• The Space Capsule Recovery Experiment II (commonly known as SRE-2) was an Indian re-entry demonstration experiment designed by the Indian Space Research...
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    A space capsule is a spacecraft designed to transport cargo, scientific experiments, and/or astronauts to and from space. Capsules are distinguished from...
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    satisfied the requirements needed for human spaceflight. Space Capsule Recovery Experiment II (SRE-2), an extension of the 2007 SRE mission, was canceled...
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    rate of regeneration in space, knowledge to understand human recovery from space injuries. After an experiment was lost in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster...
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    Space Shuttle, through its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) development program. The Dragon space capsule was a part of SpaceX's proposal...
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    the SpaceX Test Site in Texas, and the space media had reported it. In May 2012, SpaceX obtained a set of atmospheric test data for the recovery of the...
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    Free Man in Space". Shadowgraph of the reentry shock wave simulated in a wind tunnel, 1957 Evolution of capsule design, 1958–59 Experiment with boilerplate...
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    condition that all milestones would be validated in space before berthing Dragon to the ISS. The Dragon capsule was propelled to orbit on 22 May, and for the...
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    biological experiments in geophysical rockets (in Russian) Space Today Online article about animals sent into space One Small Step: The Story of the Space Chimps...
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    Gemini 4 (category Successful space missions)
    flight was the first American flight to perform many scientific experiments in space, including use of a sextant to investigate the use of celestial navigation...
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    Complex [@ExploreSpaceKSC] (December 14, 2016). "Don't feed the #Dragon: Space Flown #SpaceX Dragon capsule now on display at #KennedySpaceCenter in #NASA...
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    Gemini 5 (category Successful space missions)
    at Space Center Houston, Houston, Texas. It is on loan from the Smithsonian. Spaceflight portal Splashdown Space capsule Space exploration U.S. space exploration...
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    Apollo Program hardware, including the Apollo 16 capsule, and also houses interactive science exhibits, Space Shuttle exhibits, and Army rocketry and aircraft...
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    Gemini 11 (category Successful space missions)
    activity List of spacewalks Splashdown Space exploration U.S. space exploration history on U.S. stamps Space capsule Space suit If Apollo had progressed as...
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  • Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer (USEF) (財団法人無人宇宙実験システム研究開発機構, Zaidanhōjin mujin uchū jikken shisutemu kenkyū kaihatsu kikō) was a Japanese space agency...
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    kilograms (1,120 lb) space probe re-entered the Earth's atmosphere similar to the approach of an asteroid along with the sample re-entry capsule, and, as mission...
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    to various experiments that were designed to help German military personnel in combat situations, develop new weapons, aid in the recovery of military...
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    Laika (redirect from First dog in space)
    to the overshadowing issue of the Soviet–U.S. Space Race, the ethical issues raised by this experiment, which were very concerning in the west, went largely...
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    Gemini 3 (category Successful space missions)
    Apollo and Space Shuttle (both launch-entry and EVA suits) used polycarbonate plastic. Upon landing, the astronauts decided to stay in the capsule, not wanting...
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    CORONA (satellite) (category Military space program of the United States)
    managed a fully successful capsule recovery for the first time. This was the first recovery of a man-made object from space, beating the Soviet Korabl...
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    considered Rogallo's flexible wing as an alternative recovery system for the Mercury and Gemini space capsules, and for possible use in other spacecraft landings...
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    begins Dragon undocked from the ISS on 12 January 2021 at 14:05 UTC. SpaceX recovery teams were on standby for the parachute-assisted splashdown on 14 January...
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    John Young (astronaut) (category Recipients of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor)
    of the Gemini capsule to photograph the southern Milky Way to study its ultraviolet radiation. He began a color photography experiment but did not finish...
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    on the Crew Dragon capsule. Crew Dragon successfully returned to Earth, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico on 2 August 2020. SpaceX has developed a program...
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    the flight the capsule was also used for drop tests at White Sands Missile Range. It is now on display at the Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland...
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    Miss Baker (category U.S. Space & Rocket Center)
    and on display at the National Air and Space Museum. Owing to their successful return from space and safe recovery by the USS Kiowa (ATF-72) and their crew...
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  • retrievable space capsule. ElevationSpace will study the feasibility of a frequent sample-return service using a modified version of the HTV-X. Space Compass...
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    start to SpaceX cargo contract". SpaceFlightNow. Retrieved June 30, 2012. "SpaceX/NASA Discuss launch of Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule". NASA. May...
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  • the rocket was adapted to launch the Gemini capsule that carried two people at a time into space. Titan II succeeded in launching 12 Gemini spacecraft...
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    Stardust (spacecraft) (category NASA space probes)
    Stardust Capsule Reentry on YouTube D. O. ReVelle; W. N. Edwards (2007). "Stardust – An artificial, low-velocity "meteor" fall and recovery: 15 January...
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