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'''Spacecraft''' is a generic term used to describe all vehicles that are designed to fly in space. Normally this would apply to vehicles that reach [[orbit]]. However, '''spacecraft''' is also used to describe vehicles that reach space, normally defined as 100,000 meters altitude, on a [[sub-orbital]] flight. | '''Spacecraft''' is a generic term used to describe all vehicles that are designed to fly in space. Normally this would apply to vehicles that reach [[orbit]]. However, '''spacecraft''' is also used to describe vehicles that reach space, normally defined as 100,000 meters altitude, on a [[sub-orbital]] flight. | ||
A [[satellite]] is an | A [[satellite]] is an object that orbits the earth, or other space body. A satellite can either be natural (e.g. a moon) or artificial. Artifical satellites can either be manned or unmanned. | ||
==Classes of Spacecraft== | ==Classes of Spacecraft== | ||
Revision as of 11:29, 12 May 2007
Spacecraft is a generic term used to describe all vehicles that are designed to fly in space. Normally this would apply to vehicles that reach orbit. However, spacecraft is also used to describe vehicles that reach space, normally defined as 100,000 meters altitude, on a sub-orbital flight.
A satellite is an object that orbits the earth, or other space body. A satellite can either be natural (e.g. a moon) or artificial. Artifical satellites can either be manned or unmanned.
Classes of Spacecraft
Manned Spacecraft
- Apollo
- Gemini
- Mercury
- Mir
- Salyut
- Skylab
- Soyuz
- Soyuz-TM
- Space Shuttle
- SpaceShipOne
- Vostok
- Voskhod
- X-15
Earth Orbit Satellites
Lunar Probes
Planetary Probes
Interplanetary Probes
Sounding Rockets
Spacecraft in Literature & Art
- Bellerophon - Colonist ship named in Forbidden Planet
- Starship Enterprise - Inter-stellar ship from the Star Trek series.
- Serenity - Inter-stellar ship from the Firefly television series.
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