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    Uncrewed spacecraft or robotic spacecraft are spacecraft without people on board. Uncrewed spacecraft may have varying levels of autonomy from human input;...
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    Canada and several other countries. Uncrewed spacecraft are spacecraft without people on board. Uncrewed spacecraft may have varying levels of autonomy...
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    the uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft to resupply its space stations in low earth orbit, greatly extending the length of crew stays. As an uncrewed spacecraft...
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    (IAUV) Underwater glider Uncrewed spacecraft, both remote controlled ("uncrewed space mission") and autonomous ("robotic spacecraft" or "space probe") Vehicular...
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    List of the largest fixed satellite operators List of uncrewed spacecraft by program Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station Lists of...
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    also docked to the outpost following uncrewed launches. Resupply missions typically use the Russian Progress spacecraft, European Automated Transfer Vehicles...
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    Pioneer probes, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory embarked upon an uncrewed spacecraft development program whose modular design could be used to support...
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    usually spacecraft, into or through outer space, either with or without humans on board. Most spaceflight is uncrewed and conducted mainly with spacecraft such...
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    This is a list of uncrewed spacecraft which have been intentionally destroyed at their objects of study, typically by hard landings or crash landings...
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    Saturn Vs launched two uncrewed CSMs on high Earth orbit test flights, the CSM on one crewed lunar mission, the complete spacecraft on one crewed low Earth...
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  • This is a list of uncrewed spaceflights to the Salyut space stations. The list includes Soyuz 34, which was launched uncrewed but landed crewed, however...
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    cargo storage for the TKS spacecraft. The FGB could also be used alone as an uncrewed cargo module without a VA spacecraft, which enabled the FGB design...
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    no longer serve a useful function. These include derelict spacecraft (nonfunctional spacecraft and abandoned launch vehicle stages), mission-related debris...
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    Splashdown is the method of landing a spacecraft by parachute in a body of water. It was used by crewed American space capsules prior to the Space Shuttle...
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    series of Explorer spacecraft carrying a wide variety of scientific investigations. The Pioneer program was a series of NASA uncrewed space missions designed...
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    launched an uncrewed satellite in 1970, its crewed spacecraft program was cancelled in 1980 due to a lack of funds. The Chinese crewed spacecraft program...
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    the largest DSN facilities. Although normally tasked with tracking uncrewed spacecraft, the Deep Space Network (DSN) also contributed to the communication...
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    Mars 1M (section Spacecraft)
    Mars 1M was a series of two uncrewed spacecraft which were used in the first Soviet missions to explore Mars. They were the earliest missions of the Mars...
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    and Technology Corporation (CASC). The prototype of the spacecraft underwent its first uncrewed test flight on 5 May 2020. The crew carrier is designed...
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    Mariner Mark II (category Cancelled spacecraft)
    Mariner Mark II was NASA's planned family of uncrewed spacecraft for the exploration of the outer Solar System that were to be developed and operated...
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    spaceflight to low Earth orbit and the Moon. On the other hand, uncrewed spacecraft have reached all of the known planets in the Solar System. Outer...
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    nuclear pulse propelled uncrewed spacecraft to reach and orbit Alpha Centauri 2069 Alpha Centauri mission – NASA concept for uncrewed probe - possibly a light...
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  • (missile) MILAN Roland (missile) Helios (spacecraft) Symphonie EURECA Shuttle pallet satellite Spacelab Saenger (spacecraft) MBTA Commuter Rail BTC-3 and CTC-3...
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    the intended TKS spacecraft configuration. To accelerate the man-rating of the TKS and VA spacecraft, eight uncrewed VA spacecraft (without FGBs) were...
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    crewed interplanetary spacecraft Project Daedalus (1973–1978), uncrewed interstellar probe Project Longshot (1987–1988), uncrewed interstellar probe Project...
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    of birds. Around 1960, Percival Spencer successfully flew a series of uncrewed ornithopters using internal combustion engines ranging from 0.020-to-0...
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    particle. The asteroid material is so thinly distributed that numerous uncrewed spacecraft have traversed it without incident. Nonetheless, collisions between...
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    retirement of a spacecraft refers to the discontinuation of a spacecraft from active service. This can involve deorbiting the spacecraft, discontinuing...
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    including 12 crewed and 15 uncrewed launches in total. Supporting spacecraft included the Soyuz T, Progress, and TKS spacecraft. It was part of the Soviet...
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    This is a list of all crewed spacecraft types that have flown into space, including sub-orbital flights above 80 km, Space Stations that have been visited...
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