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Space suits being used to work on the International Space Station. A space suit must perform several functions to allow its occupant to work safely and comfortably, inside or outside a spacecraft.
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) in a halo orbit around L1 . Mission: Investigation of the outer layer of the Sun, making observations of solar wind and associated phenomena in the vicinity of L1, probing the interior structure of the Sun.
A propulsion system is also needed for spacecraft that perform momentum management maneuvers. Components of a conventional propulsion subsystem include fuel, tankage, valves, pipes, and thrusters. The thermal control system interfaces with the propulsion subsystem by monitoring the temperature of those components, and by preheating tanks and ...
Spacecraft design was born as a discipline in the 1950s and 60s with the advent of American and Soviet space exploration programs. Since then it has progressed, although typically less than comparable terrestrial technologies.
The spacecraft cemetery, known more formally as the South Pacific Ocean(ic) Uninhabited Area, [1] [2] is a region in the southern Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand, [3] where spacecraft that have reached the end of their usefulness are routinely crashed.
Dream Chaser flight test vehicle in 2013. Dream Chaser is an American reusable lifting-body spaceplane developed by Sierra Space.Originally intended as a crewed vehicle, the Dream Chaser Space System is set to be produced after the Dream Chaser Cargo System cargo variant is operational.
Space debris (also known as space junk, space pollution, [1] space waste, space trash, space garbage, or cosmic debris [2]) are defunct human-made objects in space – principally in Earth orbit – which no longer serve a useful function.
Soyuz (Russian: Союз, IPA:, lit. 'Union') is a series of spacecraft which has been in service since the 1960s, having made more than 140 flights. It was designed for the Soviet space program by the Korolev Design Bureau (now Energia).