-
Soyuz (Russian: Союз,
meaning "union", GRAU
index 11A511) is a
family of
expendable Russian and
Soviet carrier rockets developed by OKB-1 and manufactured...
- to the
Baikonur on 3
September 2010
where it was
hosted at site 254.
Prelaunch processing gathered pace
afterwards with
tests of the Progress' RF systems...
- The
Fermi Gamma-ray
Space Telescope (FGST, also FGRST),
formerly called the Gamma-ray
Large Area
Space Telescope (GLAST), is a
space observatory being...
- The
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew
Vehicle (Orion MPCV) is
equipped with a
launch escape system.
Orion has
several abort modes. Some of
these may not use the...
- John H.
Glenn Jr.,
pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 earth-orbital
space mission,
confers with
Astronaut Nurse Dolores O'Hara
during prelaunch preparations....
-
Automatic Target Recognition Unit (ATRU) for the SLAM-ER that
processes prelaunch and
postlaunch targeting data,
allows high
speed video comparison (DSMAC)...
- The Mars 2020 mission,
consisting of the
rover ****verance and
helicopter Ingenuity, was
launched on July 30, 2020, and
landed in
Jezero crater on Mars...
- the
boost pump to
seize up. To
reduce the
chance of a
second failure,
prelaunch procedures were
implemented to
verify that Centaur's
pumps were free and...
- The Mars
Science Laboratory and its rover, Curiosity, were
launched from
Earth on 26
November 2011. As of May 11, 2024,
Curiosity has been on the planet...
- SES-8 is a
geostationary Communications satellite operated by SES SES-8 was
successfully launched on
SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 on 3
December 2013, 22:41:00...
