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    The Mengzhou (Chinese: 梦舟; pinyin: mèng zhōu), formerly known as the next-generation crewed spacecraft (Chinese: 新一代载人飞船; pinyin: xīnyīdài zàirén fēichuán)...
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    by the next-generation Mengzhou, currently in development, with a two module configuration that resembles Western spacecraft like Apollo and Dragon....
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    four Indian astronauts have begun flight training in Russia. The Mengzhou spacecraft, developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC)...
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    Transportation System Kliper Rus-M Orion Mengzhou (spacecraft) Robot to become test pilot of Russia's next-generation manned spacecraft. TASS. 12 September 2019. Zak...
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    Lanyue (redirect from Lanyue (spacecraft))
    for both the crewed lunar lander and the next-generation crewed spacecraft, the Mengzhou (梦舟), were revealed by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on...
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    A reusable spacecraft is a class of spacecraft that have been designed with repeated launch, orbit, deorbit and atmospheric reentry in mind. This contrasts...
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    duration of about 180 days. CMSA has announced the testing of the Mengzhou spacecraft to eventually replace Shenzhou. It is designed to carry astronauts...
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    crewed spacecraft Dream Chaser, a spaceplane under development Mengzhou, a human-rated spacecraft being developed in China Orel, a human-rated spacecraft being...
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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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    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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    human-rated super heavy launch vehicle designed to launch China's Mengzhou crewed lunar spacecraft and its future Lanyue crewed lunar lander, as part of its crewed...
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  • X-15* In development Boeing Starliner (capsule) Dream Chaser Mengzhou (capsule) Orel (spacecraft) (capsule) Orion (capsule) Starship upper stage Proposals...
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    Starliner Gaganyaan Mengzhou Kavoshgar E Orbital module Reentry module Service module Space exploration Single-person spacecraft On the first suborbital...
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    X-15* In development Boeing Starliner (capsule) Dream Chaser Mengzhou (capsule) Orel (spacecraft) (capsule) Orion (capsule) Starship upper stage Proposals...
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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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  • X-15* In development Boeing Starliner (capsule) Dream Chaser Mengzhou (capsule) Orel (spacecraft) (capsule) Orion (capsule) Starship upper stage Proposals...
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    to land two astronauts on the Moon by the year 2030 using the Mengzhou crewed spacecraft and the Lanyue crewed lunar lander. In 2021, China and Russia...
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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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  • 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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    use the under-development Long March 10 carrier rocket, the new Mengzhou crewed spacecraft, and the Lanyue crewed lunar lander.) The CZ-9 was initially designed...
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    Kliper (redirect from Kliper spacecraft)
    partially-reusable (excluding orbital section and thermal protection shield) crewed spacecraft concept by RSC Energia. Due to lack of funding from the ESA and RSA, the...
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    SpaceShipOne (category Crewed spacecraft)
    those of the X-15 than to those of orbiting spacecraft like the Space Shuttle. Accelerating a spacecraft to orbital speed requires more than 60 times...
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    and human-rated Ares I rocket for the launching of the 4–6 person Orion spacecraft. Both rockets, deemed safer than the then-current Space Shuttle, would...
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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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    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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  • Stoke Space Nova (category Reusable spacecraft)
    X-15* In development Boeing Starliner (capsule) Dream Chaser Mengzhou (capsule) Orel (spacecraft) (capsule) Orion (capsule) Starship upper stage Proposals...
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    SpaceShipTwo (category Crewed spacecraft)
    shoulder injury after parachuting from the stricken spacecraft. The second SpaceShipTwo spacecraft, VSS Unity, was unveiled on 19 February 2016. The vehicle...
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    Gemini SC-2 (Spacecraft No. 2) was the second NASA Project Gemini full-up reentry capsule built. This McDonnell Gemini capsule was the first space capsule...
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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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