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    The Crew Return Vehicle (CRV), sometimes referred to as the Assured Crew Return Vehicle (ACRV), was a proposed dedicated lifeboat or escape module for...
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    The X-38 was an experimental re-entry vehicle designed by NASA to research a possible emergency crew return vehicle (CRV) for the International Space Station...
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    Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle or Orion MPCV) is a partially reusable crewed spacecraft used in NASA's Artemis program. The spacecraft consists of a Crew Module...
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    Shuttle is the only winged crewed spacecraft to have achieved orbit and landing, and the first reusable crewed space vehicle that made multiple flights...
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    The Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) was a component of the U.S. NASA Vision for Space Exploration plan. A competition was held to design a spacecraft that...
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  • - 2009 Project Prometheus - 2005 Additional examples NASA X-38 (Crew Return Vehicle)- 2002 Lockheed Martin X-33 - 2001 HL-20 Personnel Launch System...
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    Mars Sample Return Mission with NASA. ARV development would make use of work done on the Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator, Crew Return Vehicle and related...
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    SpaceX Dragon 2 (redirect from Crew Dragon)
    Soyuz spacecraft. SpaceX uses the Falcon 9 Block 5 launch vehicle to launch Dragon 2. Crew Dragon incorporates an integrated pusher launch escape system...
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    A launch vehicle is typically a rocket-powered vehicle designed to carry a payload (a crewed spacecraft or satellites) from Earth's surface or lower atmosphere...
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    Space Center, working on Space Shuttle Upgrades, the Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) and studies to return to the Moon and travel to Mars. Husband eventually...
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    transport its astronauts to the ISS. A Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched to space atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 launch vehicle and the capsule returns to Earth via...
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    Dream Chaser (category Proposed crewed spacecraft)
    a crewed vehicle, the Dream Chaser Space System is set to be produced after the Dream Chaser Cargo System cargo variant is operational. The crewed variant...
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  • (National Rail station code: CRV), Shropshire, England Crew Return Vehicle, an emergency return vehicle to be docked at a space station as a lifeboat Honda...
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    Apollo (spacecraft) (category Crewed spacecraft)
    orbit, and the CSM returned the crew to Earth. The command module was the only part of the space vehicle that returned with the crew to the Earth's surface...
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    Studied Space Shuttle designs (category Shuttle-derived space launch vehicles)
    in one form or another, pursued the Crew Return Vehicle; a small spaceplane/capsule capable of returning crew from a space station in the event of an...
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    unveiled the official names of its new vehicles for its future crewed lunar exploration missions. The crewed spacecraft is called Mengzhou (Chinese:...
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  • flight test of a gliding parachute for the X-38 Crew Rescue Vehicle, a crew return vehicle designed to return astronauts to earth from the International Space...
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    Skylab Rescue (section Crew)
    be launched with a crew of two and return a crew of five.: 1–1  Astronauts Vance Brand and Don Lind were assigned as the rescue crew, in the event of the...
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    Orbital Space Plane Program (category Crewed spacecraft)
    gained on the OSP to the development of the Crew Exploration Vehicle. A small, low-cost 'Assured Crew Return Vehicle' (ACRV) had been envisaged for the International...
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    The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105, part of the Spiral program, was a crewed test vehicle to explore low-speed handling and landing. It was a visible result...
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  • allows players to control a variety of vehicles including cars, motorcycles, boats, and airplanes. A sequel, The Crew Motorfest, was released on September...
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    during Space Shuttle flight STS-64. He then served on the Assured Crew Return Vehicle team, and served as Study Manager on the Human Transportation Study...
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    afflicted by a coolant leak, Soyuz MS-23 was launched as a replacement crew return vehicle. This year also saw the first time citizens of Antigua and Barbuda...
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    lifeboat craft other than a single Soyuz TMA would be needed and such a Crew Return Vehicle was not there at that time. Later in the project, budget constraints...
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    lightweight crewed spacecraft. The US built a number of lifting body rocket planes to test the concept, as well as several rocket-launched re-entry vehicles that...
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    (SSTO) vehicle and return the crew to Orion. On 19 May 2023, NASA announced an additional contract to Blue Origin to develop a second crewed lunar lander...
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    variant will launch Starliner with a crew of two. The vehicle will dock with the International Space Station, and return to Earth under parachutes for a ground...
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    The Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV)—official designation AAVP-7A1 (formerly known as Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Personnel-7 abbr. LVTP-7)—is a fully tracked...
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    Soyuz MS-05 (category Crewed Soyuz missions)
    (assured crew return vehicle function); planned descent of the visiting crew onto the ground, returning to the ground, together with the crew, payloads...
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    were actually missiles used to test new types of engines, and some other vehicles were unoccupied or UAVs (some were remotely flown, some were partially...
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