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    Three variants of the MAKS system were conceived: MAKS-OS, the standard configuration with the orbiter on top of the fuel tank; MAKS-T, with upgraded payload...
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  • MAKS or Maks may refer to: Maksim (Maks), a Slavic given name Kees Maks (1876-1967) Dutch painter Maks, a settlement in northern Poland MAKS Air Show,...
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    02 Ptichka Buran shuttle 2.01 Buran shuttle 2.02 Buran shuttle 2.03 MAKS (spacecraft) – Soviet air-launched spaceplane concept Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105...
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    – Soviet orbital spaceplane Space Shuttle program (United States) MAKS (spacecraft) Space exploration Space accidents and incidents N1 (rocket) Tupolev...
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  • held in 1992. Since 1993, the air show was renamed as MAKS and is held biennially on odd years. MAKS is an important event for the Russian aviation industry...
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    Kliper (redirect from Kliper spacecraft)
    directorate, in December 2005. Orion (spacecraft) - the American counterpart program Orel (spacecraft) MAKS (spacecraft) Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle "ESA...
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  • Dyna-Soar Hermes VA spacecraft Buran orbiter Buran Ptichka (never flew) 2.01 (never flew) 2.02 (never flew) 2.03 (never flew) Orel Kliper MAKS Chinese next-generation...
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    suffer only minor damage. Spaceflight portal Buran (spacecraft) – Buran spacecraft 1.01 MAKS (spacecraft) - Soviet air-launched spaceplane concept Mikoyan-Gurevich...
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    In the 1980s, the Soviet Union pursued a Multipurpose aerospace system (MAKS) project. Its essence was to use the An-325 carrier aircraft (based on the...
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     Russia &  Ukraine RD-171 10. Dnepr  Russia &  Ukraine RD-263 11. MAKS (spacecraft)  Russia &  Ukraine RD-701 12. Tsyklon  Ukraine RD-252 13. Antares...
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    Buran programme (category Crewed spacecraft)
    airflow through the orbiter. Soviet Union portal Spaceflight portal MAKS (spacecraft) - Soviet air-launched spaceplane concept Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105...
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  • Falcon 5 Nexus HOPE-X Hopper / Phoenix HOTOL K-1 Liquid Fly-back Booster MAKS Reusable Booster System Roton Sea Dragon Tianjiao-1 Spiral V-2 VentureStar...
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    a 15-foot-long (4.6 m) attachment to Dream Chaser that will allow the spacecraft to carry an additional 10,000 pounds (4,500 kg) of pressurized and unpressurized...
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  • the primary contractor for Hermes, the name that had been given to the spacecraft. French aircraft manufacturer Dassault-Breguet was awarded responsibility...
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  • Falcon 5 Nexus HOPE-X Hopper / Phoenix HOTOL K-1 Liquid Fly-back Booster MAKS Reusable Booster System Roton Sea Dragon Tianjiao-1 Spiral V-2 VentureStar...
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    was as a first stage of a two-stage launch platform for an envisioned spacecraft, which was known as Horus (Hypersonic Orbital Upper Stage), as well as...
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  • 11 December 2007. Code named Program 863-706, the Chinese name of this spacecraft was revealed as "Shenlong Spaceplane" (神龙空天飞机). These images, possibly...
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  • there was growing international interest in the development of reusable spacecraft; at the time, only the superpowers of the era, the Soviet Union and the...
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    XCOR Lynx (redirect from Xerus (spacecraft))
    until it reached an apogee of approximately 200,000 feet (61 km). The spacecraft would have experienced a little over four minutes of weightlessness before...
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  • Stage for Innovative Exploration (SUSIE) is a proposal for a reusable spacecraft designed by ArianeGroup. It is capable of manned operations, carrying...
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    Spaceplane (category Spacecraft)
    atmosphere and maneuver like a spacecraft in outer space. To do so, spaceplanes must incorporate features of both aircraft and spacecraft. Orbital spaceplanes tend...
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    Milstar (section Spacecraft)
    to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces of the United States. Six spacecraft were launched between 1994 and 2003, of which only five were operational...
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  • reusable experimental spacecraft (Chinese: 可重复使用试验航天器; pinyin: Kě chóngfù shǐyòng shìyàn hángtiān qì; lit. 'Reusable Experimental Spacecraft'; CSSHQ) is the...
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    before the US Space Shuttle in 1972, Chelomey developed two concepts for a spacecraft that would launch vertically and land horizontally. The MP-1 Kosmoplan[citation...
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    Reusable launch vehicle (category Spacecraft propulsion)
    such as rocket engines and boosters can also be reused, though reusable spacecraft may be launched on top of an expendable launch vehicle. Reusable launch...
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    Space Shuttle (category Crewed spacecraft)
    The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and...
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  • experimental engines in 1988 for a SSTO spaceplane called MAKS, but both the engines and MAKS were cancelled in 1991 due to a lack of funding. Glushko's...
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    Russia’s ability to provide sufficient Soyuz 'lifeboat' spacecraft and Progress 'reboost' spacecraft also was questioned. Funding for Russia’s space program...
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    part of the Buran program for a variety of payloads including the Buran spacecraft. Control system main developer enterprise was the Khartron NPO "Electropribor"...
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  • Agency (DARPA) selected Boeing for Phase 2/3 to build and test an XS-1 spacecraft (now called the Experimental Spaceplane program). At the time, test flights...
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