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| blastoff |
a launching of a rocket-driven missile or spacecraft. |
| capsule |
in spacecraft, a sealed, pressurized, detachable cabin for crew and/or instruments. [1/7 definitions] |
| crew member |
a member of a group of people working on a ship, aircraft, spacecraft, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| dock1 |
to couple in space, as spacecraft. [2/8 definitions] |
| downlink |
a channel for receiving transmissions from a spacecraft, or a transmission made on such a channel. |
| drogue |
a parachute used to slow down a spacecraft or airplane. [1/2 definitions] |
| extravehicular |
pertaining to the activity of an astronaut outside of a spacecraft. |
| flyby |
a flight over or close to a designated point, area, or target by an aircraft or spacecraft for the purpose of making aerial observations. |
| flying |
the activity or pastime of operating an aircraft or spacecraft. [1/6 definitions] |
| flying saucer |
any of various bright disk-shaped objects occasionally seen hovering or flying at high altitudes, often presumed to be spacecraft from another world; UFO. |
| geostationary |
of or pertaining to a satellite or spacecraft that travels around the earth's equator at a speed equal to the earth's rotation so as to maintain a constant relation to points on the earth's surface. |
| ground control |
the system, or its technology or operators, that guides the flights of aircraft or spacecraft from stations on the ground. |
| hull2 |
any similar casing, as on a missile or spacecraft. [1/2 definitions] |
| inertial guidance |
guidance of a missile, spacecraft, submarine, or the like by means of a self-contained automatic system that measures and adjusts speed and direction to maintain a predetermined course. |
| instrument panel |
a panel of meters, gauges, and controls, as in an automobile, aircraft, or spacecraft. |
| lander |
one that lands, esp. a type of spacecraft that is designed to land on the surface of a planet, comet, or moon, for the purposes of retrieving or transmitting scientific data. |
| launch vehicle |
a system, usu. a rocket, from which a spacecraft or other payload is launched. |
| life-support system |
the system of equipment in a spacecraft that keeps the occupants alive in outer space. [1/2 definitions] |
| linkup |
a meeting or contact, as of spacecraft. [1/2 definitions] |
| mariner |
(cap.) one of the series of ten unmanned U.S. spacecraft that explored Earth's planets from 1962 to 1975. [1/2 definitions] |
| module |
a self-contained section of a spacecraft, designed to carry out a specific task. [1/4 definitions] |
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