Human Spaceflight

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Spacecraft

Voskhod spacecraft – Introduction

Voskhod (, ””ascent””, ””dawn””) was a spacecraft built by the Soviet Union’s space program for human spaceflight (see Voskhod programme). It was a development of and a follow-on to the Vostok spacecraft. The craft consisted of a spherical descent module (diameter 2.3 meters), which housed the cosmonauts, and instruments, and a conical instrument module (mass [...]

Space Launch Vehicles

Rocket launch – Launch vehicles

If a rocket is launched to deliver a payload from a planetary surface into space it is called a launch vehicle. There are several broad categories that launch vehicles fall under, including: * Expendable launch system * Reusable launch system * Single stage to orbit * Two stage to orbit For the launch vehicles currently [...]

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Shenzhou 5 – Introduction

Shenzhou 5 — was the first human spaceflight mission of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), launched on October 15, 2003. The Shenzhou spacecraft was launched on a Long March 2F rocket booster. There had been four previous flights of unmanned Shenzhou missions since 1999. China became the third country in the world to have [...]

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RD-107 – Versions

Modifications to the RD-107 design have led to production of several distinct versions of the engine: *8D74 *8D728 *11D511 *14D22 (also known as the RD-107A) Similar modifications have led to several distinct versions of the RD-108: *8D75 *8D727 *11D512 *14D21 Work on the 14D21 and 14D22 engines started in 1986, with a preliminary design completed [...]

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General Armaments Department – Structure

Director Chang Wanquan (since October 2007) : Deputy Directors :: Han Yanlin (January 2008) :: Li Andong (December 2000) :: Niu Hongguang (July 2009) :: Zhu Fazhong (January 2002) : Political Commissar ::: Chi Wanchun (November 2002) :::: Deputy Political Commissar :::: Huang Zuoxing (September 2006) :::: Political Department Director ::::: Yin Fanglong (October 2004) [...]

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Aquarius (laboratory) – Underwater missions and research

Several missions on the Aquarius have been cancelled due to hurricane activity. Since 2001, NASA has used Aquarius for its NEEMO (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations) program, to study various aspects of human spaceflight in a similar environment. Like the environment of space, the undersea world is a hostile, alien place for humans to live. [...]

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Indian Space Research Organisation – Human spaceflight program

The Indian Space Research Organization has been sanctioned a budget of 12,400 crore for its human spaceflight program. According to the Space Commission which passed the budget, an unmanned flight will be launched in 2013 and manned mission likely to launch by 2014-2015. If realized in the stated time-frame, India will become only the fourth [...]

Chinese Space Program

Shenzhou 7 – Introduction

Shenzhou 7 was the third human spaceflight mission of the Chinese space program. The mission, which included the first Chinese extra-vehicular activity (EVA) carried out by crewmembers Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming, marked the commencement of the second phase of the Chinese government’s Project 921. The Shenzhou spacecraft carrying the three crewmembers was launched 25 [...]

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Suitport – Introduction

suitport or suitlock is a proposed alternative to an airlock, designed for use in hazardous environments and in human spaceflight, especially planetary surface exploration. Adapted from the Wikipedia article Suitport, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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Laika – Introduction

Laika (, literally meaning “Barker”) was a Soviet space dog (c. 1954–November 3, 1957) who became the first animal to orbit the Earth and the first orbital death. The technology to deorbit had not yet been developed, so there was no expectation for survival. Little was known about the impact of spaceflight on living things [...]