Skip reentry
Skip reentry Skip reentry is a reentry technique involving successive "skips" off the ...
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Atmospheric reentry
Atmospheric reentry This article is about spaceflight and atmospheric reentry. For reentry in cardiac medicine, see Reentrant dysrhythmia. Mars ... aeroshell, artistic rendition. The technology of atmospheric reentry was a consequence of the Cold War ... there lacked an essential ingredient: an atmospheric reentry technology. In theory, the nation first ...
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Category:Spaceflight
... section of this category. :Spaceflight A Atmospheric reentry B Ballistic reentry C Centennial Challenges D Difference between sub ... cont. Orbital spaceflight P Private spaceflight S Skip reentry Splashdown (spacecraft landing) Sub-orbital spaceflight U ...
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Zond 6
... 11,000 km and 3300 km. Controlled reentry of the spacecraft occurred on November 17 ... 6 used a relatively uncommon technique called "skip reentry" to shed velocity upon returning to Earth. A few hours before reentry, a faulty rubber gasket caused the cabin ...
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Talk:Rocket
... a gigantic step *backwards*? Please, don't skip these questions - answer them. You need to ... a robust metallic skin due to its reentry trajectory. In order to get anything built ... meant that more energy was dissipated during reentry, and necessitated ceramic reentry tiles. The tiles have been an enormous ...
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Talk:Main Page/Archive 55
... Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere on its ... that page by default and those who skip it will be able to find all ...
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Category:Space stubs
... Laboratory Shuttle Landing Facility Singapore spaceport Skiffplane Skip reentry Solar Probe Solar conjunction Space Adventures C ...
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Zond 4
... attempted to bring it in with a skip reentry, but they made the angle too steep ...
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Gemini 9A
... a backup crew, you could expect to skip two missions and then be on a ... was broken by Cernan during his EVA. Reentry Gemini 9A spashes down at 9:00 ...
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Reusable launch system
... specific impulse at all altitudes. Base first reentry which allowed the reuse of the engine ... Eugen Sänger and his Silbervogel ("Silverbird") suborbital skip bomber. HTHL vehicles which can reach orbital ...
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